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Dark city, the lost world of film noir, Eddie Muller

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Dark city, the lost world of film noir, Eddie Muller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-245) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dark city

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1261274752

Responsibility statement

Eddie Muller

Sub title

the lost world of film noir

Summary

Examines the movies and artists of film noir, describing the social climate and artistic skills that contributed to the genre"This revised and expanded edition of Eddie Muller's Dark City is a film noir lover's bible, taking readers on a tour of the urban landscape of the grim and gritty genre in a definitive, highly illustrated volume. Dark City expands with new chapters and a fresh collection of restored photos that illustrate the mythic landscape of the imagination. It's a place where the men and women who created film noir often find themselves dangling from the same sinister heights as the silver-screen avatars to whom they gave life. Eddie Muller, host of Turner Classic Movies' Noir Alley, takes readers on a spellbinding trip through treacherous terrain: Hollywood in the post-World War II years, where art, politics, scandal, style -- and brilliant craftsmanship -- produced a new approach to moviemaking, and a new type of cultural mythology."--Publisher's website

Table Of Contents

Welcome to dark city -- Sinister heights -- The Precinct -- Hale Street -- Shamus flats -- Vixenville -- Blind alley -- The psych ward -- Knockover square -- Losers' lane -- The big house -- Thieves' highway -- The stage door

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Lost world of film noir

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