Fatalism in American Film Noir: Some Cinematic Philosophy

By Robert B. Pippin

Book Overview

The crime melodramas of the 1940s known now as film noir shared many formal and thematic elements, from unusual camera angles and lighting to moral ambiguity and femmes fatales. In this book Robert... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813931894
• ISBN13: 9780813931890
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher