LEADER 03381nam 22005655 450 001 9910780830003321 005 20230721024946.0 010 $a1-280-49243-0 010 $a9786613587664 010 $a0-8135-4833-0 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813548333 035 $a(CKB)2520000000007912 035 $a(EBL)871481 035 $a(OCoLC)593295661 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000336890 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11304050 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336890 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10289439 035 $a(PQKB)10270887 035 $a(DE-B1597)530077 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813548333 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC871481 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000007912 100 $a20191221d2009 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDriven to Darkness $eJewish Emigre Directors and the Rise of Film Noir /$fVincent Brook 210 1$aNew Brunswick, NJ : $cRutgers University Press, $d[2009] 210 4$d©2009 215 $a1 online resource (299 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-4629-X 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. Jews in Germany: Torn Between Two Worlds -- $t3. Jews and Expressionism: "Performing High and Low" -- $t4. The Father of Film Noir: Fritz Lang -- $t5. Fritz Lang in Hollywood -- $t6. The French Connection: Robert Siodmak -- $t7. Viennese Twins: Billy and Willy Wilder -- $t8. The ABZs of Film Noir: Otto Preminger and Edgar G. Ulmer -- $t9. Woman's Directors: Curtis Bernhardt and Max Ophuls -- $t10. Pathological Noir, Populist Noir, and an Act of Violence: John Brahm, Anatole Litvak, Fred Zinnemann -- $tAppendix: American Film Noirs by Jewish Émigré Directors -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aFrom its earliest days, the American film industry has attracted European artists. With the rise of Hitler, filmmakers of conscience in Germany and other countries, particularly those of Jewish origin, found it difficult to survive and fledùfor their work and their livesùto the United States. Some had trouble adapting to Hollywood, but many were celebrated for their cinematic contributions, especially to the dark shadows of film noir. Driven to Darkness explores the influence of Jewish TmigrT directors and the development of this genre. While filmmakers such as Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger, and Edward G. Ulmer have been acknowledged as crucial to the noir canon, the impact of their Jewishness on their work has remained largely unexamined until now. Through lively and original analyses of key films, Vincent Brook penetrates the darkness, shedding new light on this popular film form and the artists who helped create it. 606 $aFilm noir$xHistory and criticism$zUnited States 606 $aJewish motion picture producers and directors$zUnited States 615 0$aFilm noir$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aJewish motion picture producers and directors 676 $a791.43/6556 676 $a791.436556 700 $aBrook$b Vincent, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut.$01152844 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780830003321 996 $aDriven to Darkness$92727584 997 $aUNINA