Driven to darkness [[electronic resource] ] : Jewish émigré directors and the rise of film noir / / Vincent Brook

• Autore: Brook Vincent <1946->
• Pubblicazione: New Brunswick, N.J, : Rutgers University Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: ix, 285 p. : ill. ; ; 23 cm
• Soggetto topico: Film noir - United States - History and criticism; Jewish motion picture producers and directors - United States
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Includes filmography.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo abbreviato (Periodici): DRIVEN TO DARKNESS
• Titolo autorizzato: Driven to darkness
• ISBN: 0-8135-4630-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248243503316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: ACLS Humanities E-Book.