Kiss the Blood Off My Hands - On Classic Film Noir (Paperback)

Consider the usual view of film noir: endless rainy nights populated by down-at-the-heel boxers, writers, and private eyes stumbling toward inescapable doom while stalked by crooked cops and cheating wives in a neon-lit urban jungle. But a new generation of writers is pushing aside the fog of cigarette smoke surrounding classic noir scholarship. In Kiss the Blood Off My Hands: On Classic Film Noir, Robert Miklitsch curates a bold collection of essays that reassesses the genre's iconic style, history, and themes. Contributors analyze the oft-overlooked female detective and little-examined aspects of filmmaking like love songs and radio aesthetics, discuss the significance of the producer and women's pulp fiction, and investigate topics as disparate as Disney noir and the Fifties heist film, B-movie back projection and blacklisted British directors. At the same time the writers' collective reconsideration shows the impact of race and gender, history and sexuality, technology and transnationality on the genre. As bracing as a stiff drink, Kiss the Blood Off My Hands writes the future of noir scholarship in lipstick and chalk lines for film fans and scholars alike. Contributors: Krin Gabbard, Philippa Gates, Julie Grossman, Robert Miklitsch, Robert Murphy, Mark Osteen, Vivian Sobchack, Andrew Spicer, J. P. Telotte, and Neil Verma.

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2014
First published:	September 2014
Editors:	Robert Miklitsch
Contributors:	Krin Gabbard • Philippa Gates • Julie Grossman • Robert Miklitsch • Robert Murphy • Mark Osteen • Vivian Sobchack • Andrew Spicer • J. P. Telotte
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-08018-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-252-08018-1
Barcode:	9780252080180

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