When it appeared in France in 1955, A Panorama of American Film
Noir was the first book ever on the genre: this clairvoyant study
of Hollywood film noir is at last available in English translation.
A Panorama of American Film Noir addresses the essential amorality
of its subject from a decidedly Surrealist angle, focusing on
noir's dreamlike, unwonted, erotic, ambivalent, and cruel
atmosphere, and setting it in the social context of mid-century
America. Beginning with the first film noir, The Maltese Falcon,
and continuing through the post war "glory days," which included
such films as Gilda, The Big Sheep, Dark Passage, and The Lady from
Shanghai, Borde and Chaumeton examine the dark sides of American
society, film, and literature that made film noir possible, even
necessary. A Panorama of American Film Noir includes a film noir
chronology, a voluminous filmography, a comprehensive index, and a
selection of black-and-white production stills. "Incredibly, this
is the first English translation of the very influential 1955
French book that initially identified, described and assessed the
Hollywood movies that we now term film noir ...a seminal work of
cinema description and analysis and therefore an essential purchase
for most libraries. " --From the Starred Review in Library Journal
Raymond Borde (1920 - 2004), founder of the Cinematheque de
Toulouse, wrote extensively on film history.; among his short films
is a study of the artist Pierre Molinier. Etienne Chaumeton was the
film critic of the Toulouse newspaper La Depeche until his death.
General
| Imprint: |
City Lights Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
December 2002 |
| First published: |
November 2002 |
| Authors: |
Raymond Borde
• Etienne Chaumeton
|
| Translators: |
Paul Hammond
|
| Dimensions: |
215 x 134 x 80mm (L x W x H) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
200 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-87286-412-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-87286-412-X |
| Barcode: |
9780872864122 |
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