Driven to Darkness : Jewish Emigre Directors and the Rise of Film Noir / / Vincent Brook
| Driven to Darkness : Jewish Emigre Directors and the Rise of Film Noir / / Vincent Brook |
| Autore | Brook Vincent |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2009] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (299 p.) |
| Disciplina |
791.43/6556
791.436556 |
| Soggetto topico |
Film noir - History and criticism - United States
Jewish motion picture producers and directors - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-49243-0
9786613587664 0-8135-4833-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Jews in Germany: Torn Between Two Worlds -- 3. Jews and Expressionism: "Performing High and Low" -- 4. The Father of Film Noir: Fritz Lang -- 5. Fritz Lang in Hollywood -- 6. The French Connection: Robert Siodmak -- 7. Viennese Twins: Billy and Willy Wilder -- 8. The ABZs of Film Noir: Otto Preminger and Edgar G. Ulmer -- 9. Woman's Directors: Curtis Bernhardt and Max Ophuls -- 10. Pathological Noir, Populist Noir, and an Act of Violence: John Brahm, Anatole Litvak, Fred Zinnemann -- Appendix: American Film Noirs by Jewish Émigré Directors -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456591603321 |
Brook Vincent
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| New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2009] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Driven to Darkness : Jewish Emigre Directors and the Rise of Film Noir / / Vincent Brook
| Driven to Darkness : Jewish Emigre Directors and the Rise of Film Noir / / Vincent Brook |
| Autore | Brook Vincent |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2009] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (299 p.) |
| Disciplina |
791.43/6556
791.436556 |
| Soggetto topico |
Film noir - History and criticism - United States
Jewish motion picture producers and directors - United States |
| ISBN |
1-280-49243-0
9786613587664 0-8135-4833-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Jews in Germany: Torn Between Two Worlds -- 3. Jews and Expressionism: "Performing High and Low" -- 4. The Father of Film Noir: Fritz Lang -- 5. Fritz Lang in Hollywood -- 6. The French Connection: Robert Siodmak -- 7. Viennese Twins: Billy and Willy Wilder -- 8. The ABZs of Film Noir: Otto Preminger and Edgar G. Ulmer -- 9. Woman's Directors: Curtis Bernhardt and Max Ophuls -- 10. Pathological Noir, Populist Noir, and an Act of Violence: John Brahm, Anatole Litvak, Fred Zinnemann -- Appendix: American Film Noirs by Jewish Émigré Directors -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780830003321 |
Brook Vincent
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| New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2009] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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