Driven to Darkness: Jewish Emigre Directors and the Rise of Film Noir

by Vincent Brook

Driven to Darkness explores the influence of Jewish TmigrT directors and the development of this genre. While filmmakers such as Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger, and Edward G. Ulmer have been acknowledged as crucial to the noir canon, the impact of their Jewishness on their work has remained largely unexamined until now. Through lively and original analyses of key films, Vincent Brook penetrates the darkness, shedding new light on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813546303
• ISBN13: 9780813546308
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"