02744nam 22006134a 450 991077800040332120230617001934.01-59580-957-01-59580-982-1(CKB)1000000000754447(EBL)434426(OCoLC)427511187(SSID)ssj0000188232(PQKBManifestationID)11181220(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000188232(PQKBWorkID)10143642(PQKB)11728392(MiAaPQ)EBC1598995(MiAaPQ)EBC434426(Au-PeEL)EBL1598995(CaPaEBR)ebr10297162(CaONFJC)MIL534786(OCoLC)781297648(Au-PeEL)EBL434426(EXLCZ)99100000000075444720050406d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrL.A. noir[electronic resource] the city as character /Alain Silver & James Ursini ; additional photography, Elizabeth WardSanta Monica, CA Santa Monica Pressc20051 online resource (177 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-306-03535-X 1-59580-006-9 Filmography: p. 158-171.Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-157).Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. HOLLYWOOD: The Dream Is Born; 2. THE WESTSIDE AND THE COAST: Where the Dream Runs Out of Steam; 3. DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES: The Dream vs. the Nightmare; 4. THE 'BURBS: The Dream Re-Created?; Selected Bibliography; Selected Filmography; Photograph Notes and LocationsFilm buffs explore the world of noir cinema in a Los Angeles context with this guide to noir films and their California settings. This book illustrates how these films use L.A.'s diverse cityscape and architecture to convey a unique vision of urban corruption and existential fatalism, in both the gritty downtown area and the outlying affluent communities like Malibu and Beverly Hills. Dozens of noir and neo-noir films are featured including classics such as Double Indemnity, Kiss Me Deadly, Sunset Boulevard, and Touch of Evil and more recent films such as MuFilm noirUnited StatesHistory and criticismLos Angeles (Calif.)In motion picturesFilm noirHistory and criticism.791.43/6279494Silver Alain1947-647612Ursini James702693MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778000403321L.A. noir3867289UNINA