Detours and Lost Highways: A Map of Neo-noirHal Leonard Corporation, 1999 - 398 síður Noir 'lives', but like any genre that endures, it has had to continually reinvent itself. While its defining subjects -- violence, sex, greed, loss of innocence -- remain as do its dominant character types -- the femme fatale, her vulnerable male victim and the private eye burdened with his own code of honour -- these ingredients have been blended in strikingly new ways. Charting these ways is what Foster Hirsch accomplishes so brilliantly in this enlightening and entertaining book. He demonstrates how neo-noir has reflected changes in contemporary life from film technology to social values. Restlessly mobile camerawork, multi-layered soundtracks and lush colours now work to create dark stories that tell of growing cynicism about government, distrust of the press, tensions in gender politics and race relations. The text is illustrated with over 100 seductive, visually exciting stills. In words and pictures he enrichingly explores a landscape that now seems an indestructible part of the American cultural scene. |
Efni
Mapping the Route | 1 |
The Second Time Around | 23 |
The French Connection | 67 |
The Boys in the Back Room | 109 |
The Quest Errands into the Maze | 145 |
The Wounds of Desire | 179 |
Melodramas of Mischance | 211 |
Born to Be Bad | 253 |
Black Noir | 289 |
Beyond Noir The Roads to Ruin | 307 |
325 | |
Filmography | 329 |
Illustrations | 379 |
383 | |
Aðrar útgáfur - View all
Common terms and phrases
American Angeles appears Art Director audience become begins body called camera character Charles classic noir color contemporary continued crime criminal dark David death desire detective Directed Director of Photography early Editor fact femme fatale figure film film's filmmakers finally frame genre George hardboiled Harry hero husband Jack James Jean John kill killer kind light lives look male marked Martin Michael minutes moral moves movie murder Music narrative neo-noir Night noir's novel Oliver Stone opening original past Paul performance played plot police postmodern present Produced Production Designer protagonist pulp remains remake Richard Robert says scene Script seems sense sexual shadows shoots shot space Starring story style takes Thompson thrillers traditional turns Unlike victim violence visual wants Warner Bros wife woman women written young