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published
October 28th 2005
by Santa Monica Press
binding
Paperback, 176 pages
isbn
1595800069
(isbn13: 9781595800060)
description
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 illustrate...more
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As with the other books on noir that Sliver and Ursini have been part of--Film Noir Readers 1, 2, 3, & 4; Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style; Film Noir; The Noir Style--this one features extensive close readings of most of the films in the noir catalog. Although there are some variant readings based on the implications of the LA settings, for the most part there's not much new here. With a few notable exceptions--the neo-noirs in which LA ...more
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This extensively illustrated guide to Los Angeles as a noir setting makes a useful adjunct to the Nicholas Christopher book, Somewhere in the Night. Moving throughout the city, from downtown to the Westside, the Pacific Coast, and on to the suburbs, the authors show how specific streets and buildings helped set the mood and convey the dark messages in such classic noirs as Criss Cross and Kiss Me Deadly as well as in neo-noirs, including Chinatown and Blade Runner....more
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