01839nam 2200385 a 450 99624824350331620220211194932.00-8135-4630-3(dli)HEB08048(CKB)3360000000000532(EXLCZ)99336000000000053220090109d2009 ub 0engurmnummmmuuuuDriven to darkness[electronic resource] Jewish émigré directors and the rise of film noir /Vincent BrookNew Brunswick, N.JRutgers University Pressc2009ix, 285 p. ill. ;23 cmOriginal 9780813546292 9780813546308 (DLC) 2009000772 Includes bibliographical references and index.Includes filmography.Introduction -- Jews in Germany : torn between two worlds -- Jews and expressionism : "performing high and low" -- The father of film noir : Fritz Lang -- Fritz Lang in Hollywood -- The French connection : Robert Siodmak -- Viennese twins : Billy and Willy Wilder -- The ABZs of film noir : Otto Preminger and Edgar G. Ulmer -- Woman's directors : Curtis Bernhardt and Max Ophuls -- Pathological noir, populist noir, and an act of violence : John Brahm, Anatole Litvak, Fred Zinnemann.ACLS Humanities E-Book.DRIVEN TO DARKNESSFilm noirUnited StatesHistory and criticismJewish motion picture producers and directorsUnited StatesFilm noirHistory and criticism.Jewish motion picture producers and directorsBrook Vincent1946-877267American Council of Learned Societies.NyNyACLNyNyACLBOOK996248243503316Driven to darkness2587588UNISA