The Film Noir Encyclopedia
Edited by Alain Silver, Elizabeth Ward, James
Ursini, Robert Porfirio.
Published by Harry N. Abrams.
Published 2010.
Hardcover.
Published 2010.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 1590201442
ISBN-13: 978-1590201442
Description:
ISBN-13: 978-1590201442
Meet the cynical and obsessive heroes of film
noir portrayed by actors like Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, James Cagney, Joan
Crawford, and Bette Davis. You may encounter a gun-toting gangster, a femme
fatale wrapped in fur, a detective with the brim of his hat turned down, or a
desperate murderer lurking in the shadows of a doorway. It's a world we all
know – the seedy underbelly of the American Dream, and every bit as much a part
of our culture. This wonderfully exhaustive text – tallying more than three hundred
thousand words with hundreds of film stills and photos new to the work –
distills everything about the movement into one volume from movies to stars to
themes and motifs and brings us up to date with contemporary contributions to
the movement. Now completely revised, expanded, and redesigned, this classic
pioneering work is the final word on a dark subject.