Gats, Gams, and Guts: A Field Guide to the Dark World of Film Noir

by Pierre V Comtois

As early as 1946, French film critic Nino Frank was able to identify a new trend in the American film industry, one that he labeled film noir. Loosely translated, the term described movies that had an overall black or dark nature that described both their cinematographical qualities using light and shadow to create mood and their subject matter that often dealt in criminal activity or an emotionally oppressive atmosphere. This last was often depicted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1638680280
• ISBN13: 9781638680284
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"