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Autore: | Silver Alain <1947-> |
Titolo: | L.A. noir [[electronic resource] ] : the city as character / / Alain Silver & James Ursini ; additional photography, Elizabeth Ward |
Pubblicazione: | Santa Monica, CA, : Santa Monica Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
Disciplina: | 791.43/6279494 |
Soggetto topico: | Film noir - United States - History and criticism |
Soggetto geografico: | Los Angeles (Calif.) In motion pictures |
Altri autori: | UrsiniJames |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Filmography: p. 158-171. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-157). | |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 Locations |
Sommario/riassunto: | Film 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 Mu |
Titolo autorizzato: | L.A. noir |
ISBN: | 1-59580-957-0 |
1-59580-982-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910778000403321 |
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