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The Film Noir Encyclopedia
Edited by Alain Silver,
Elizabeth Ward, James Ursini, Robert Porfirio.
Published by Harry N.
Abrams.
Published 2010.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 1590201442
ISBN-13: 978-1590201442
Description:
Meet
the cynical and obsessive heroes of film noir portrayed by actors like Humphrey
Bogart, Peter Lorre, James Cagney, Joan Crawford, and Bette Davis. You may
encounter a gun-toting gangster, a femme fatale wrapped in fur, a detective
with the brim of his hat turned down, or a desperate murderer lurking in the
shadows of a doorway. It's a world we all know – the seedy underbelly of the
American Dream, and every bit as much a part of our culture. This wonderfully
exhaustive text – tallying more than three hundred thousand words with hundreds
of film stills and photos new to the work – distills everything about the
movement into one volume from movies to stars to themes and motifs and brings
us up to date with contemporary contributions to the movement. Now completely
revised, expanded, and redesigned, this classic pioneering work is the final
word on a dark subject.
