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Film Noir: A Critical Introduction

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Ian Brookes asks: 'What is film noir?' With this sharply focused question active throughout the book, students will benefit from an introductory text designed to provide a sophisticated treatment of the problems inherent in the category. This is the first critical introduction to film noir which takes into account the complexity of the term and the difficulties of straightforward definition and classification.

Film noir may seem a familiar genre to many, with its use of a complex narrative structure, flashbacks and voiceover narration, and with such archetypal characterisations as the femme fatale and private eye. But this introduction is not just an account of what film noir is, but also an interrogation of the ways in which the term came to be applied to a particular group of American films of the 1940s and 1950s.

Pages: 304

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Release: March 09, 2017

ISBN: 1780933134

ISBN 13: 9781780933139

Film Noir: A Critical Introduction

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Ian Brookes asks: 'What is film noir?' With this sharply focused question active throughout the book, students will benefit from an introductory text designed to provide a sophisticated treatment of the problems inherent in the category. This is the first critical introduction to film noir which takes into account the complexity of the term and the difficulties of straightforward definition and classification.

Film noir may seem a familiar genre to many, with its use of a complex narrative structure, flashbacks and voiceover narration, and with such archetypal characterisations as the femme fatale and private eye. But this introduction is not just an account of what film noir is, but also an interrogation of the ways in which the term came to be applied to a particular group of American films of the 1940s and 1950s.

Pages: 304

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Release: March 09, 2017

ISBN: 1780933134

ISBN 13: 9781780933139

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