Detours and Lost Highways - A Map of Neo-Noir (Paperback, 1st Limelight ed)

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.

General

Imprint:	Limelight Editions
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Limelight
Release date:	August 2004
First published:	August 2004
Authors:	Foster Hirsch
Dimensions:	221 x 151 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	404
Edition:	1st Limelight ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-87910-288-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General
LSN:	0-87910-288-8
Barcode:	9780879102883

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