Full name: Film noir: The dark side of the screen

Author: Foster Hirsch Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780306817724 0306817721

Foster Hirsch's Dark Side of the Screen is by far the most thorough and entertaining study of the themes, visual motifs, character types, actors, directors, and films in this genre ever published. From Billy Wilder, Douglas Sirk, Robert Aldrich, and Howard Hawkes to Martin Scorsese, Roman Polanski, and Paul Schrader, the noir themes of dread, paranoia, steamy sex, double-crossing women, and menacing cityscapes have held a fascination. The features that make Burt Lancaster, Joan Crawford, Robert Mitchum, and Humphrey Bogart into noir heroes and heroines are carefully detailed here, as well as those camera angles, lighting effects, and story lines that characterize Fritz Lang, Samuel Fuller, and Orson Welles as noir directors.For the current rediscovery of film noir, this comprehensive history with its list of credits to 112 outstanding films and its many illustrations will be a valuable reference and a source of inspiration for further research. Similar books: Film Noir Reader by Alain Silver Dark City by Eddie Muller Somewhere in the Night by Nicholas Christopher Film Noir by Alain Silver Film Noir Pocket Essentials by Paul Duncan Spike, Mike, Slackers, & Dykes by John Pierson The Art of Noir by Eddie Muller The Birds by Camille Paglia The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex by Mark Kermode The Noir Style by Alain Silver A Killer Life by Christine Vachon San Francisco Noir by Nathaniel Rich On Film-making by Alexander Mackendrick Godard on Godard by Jean-Luc Godard On Directing Film by David Mamet