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American Film Noir Genres, Characters, and Settings (Hardcover)
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American Film Noir Genres, Characters, and Settings (Hardcover)
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American Film Noir Genres, Characters, and Settings argues that
film noir style evolved out of American literature prior to the
1930s and continues to evolve long after the classic films that
defined its presence in cinema. While many critics suggest that the
film noir tradition ceased after the mid-1950s, labeling similar
films produced later as 'neo-noir', Harold Hellwig contends that
film noir itself has continued to evolve beyond cinema to include
television series such as CSI, Have Gun Will Travel, and Seinfeld,
among others. Hellwig posits that, rather than being a single genre
in and of itself, film noir comprises several genres, including
detective procedurals, science fiction, the Western, and even
comedy. This book examines different elements of American film noir
- including the characters and settings it is often defined by -
and its contexts within different adaptations in both film and
television. Scholars of film studies, American literature, and
media studies will find this book of particular interest.
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