Film Noir

by William G. Luhr

Book Overview

Film Noir offers new perspectives on this highly popular and influential film genre, providing a useful overview of its historical evolution and the many critical debates over its stylistic elements.

Brings together a range of perspectives on a topic that has been much discussed but remains notoriously ill-defined Traces the historical development of the genre, usefully exploring the relations between the films of the 1940s and 1950s...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405145951
• ISBN13: 9781405145954
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"