The Philosophy of Film Noir Book [PDF] Download

• Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
• File Size : 38,9 Mb
• Release Date : 01 January 2006

Explores philosophical themes and ideas inherent in classic noir and neo-noir films, establishing connections to diverse thinkers ranging from Camus to the Frankfurt School. The authors, each focusing on a

• Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
• File Size : 42,5 Mb
• Release Date : 17 August 2007

From The Maltese Falcon (1941) to Touch of Evil (1958), the classic film noir is easily recognizable for its unusual lighting, sinister plots, and feeling of paranoia. For critics and fans alike,

• Publisher : Penn State Press
• File Size : 34,6 Mb
• Release Date : 28 May 2024

"Examines how African-American as well as international films deploy film noir techniques in ways that encourage philosophical reflection. Combines philosophy, film studies, and cultural studies"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
• File Size : 44,8 Mb
• Release Date : 05 January 2007

Film noir is a classic genre characterized by visual elements such as tilted camera angles, skewed scene compositions, and an interplay between darkness and light. Common motifs include crime and

• Publisher : University of Virginia Press
• File Size : 24,9 Mb
• Release Date : 28 May 2024

This book reveals the ways in which American film noir explore the declining credibility of individuals as causal centers of agency, and how we live with the acknowledgment of such

• Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
• File Size : 46,5 Mb
• Release Date : 01 January 2009

Many critics agree that Joel and Ethan Coen are one of the most visionary and idiosyncratic filmmaking teams of the last three decades. Combining thoughtful eccentricity, wry humor, irony, and

• Publisher : Cambria Press
• File Size : 40,5 Mb
• Release Date : 28 May 2024

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• File Size : 52,6 Mb
• Release Date : 21 February 2019

Film noir, one of the most intriguing yet difficult to define terms in cinema history, is usually associated with a series of darkly seductive Hollywood thrillers from the 1940s and 50

• Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
• File Size : 44,6 Mb
• Release Date : 17 August 2007

A drifter with no name and no past, driven purely by desire, is convinced by a beautiful woman to murder her husband. A hard-drinking detective down on his luck becomes

• Publisher : Harvard University Press
• File Size : 48,8 Mb
• Release Date : 15 June 2004

Film noir remains one of the most enduring legacies of 1940s and ’50s Hollywood. Populated by double-crossing, unsavory characters, this pioneering film style explored a shadow side of American life