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"Film noir" evokes memories of stylish, cynical, black-&-white movies from the 1940s & '50s--melodramas about private eyes, femmes fatales, criminal gangs & lovers on the run. James Naremore's prize-winning book discusses these pictures, but also shows that the central term is more complex & paradoxical than we realize. It treats noir as a term in criticism, as an expression of artistic modernism, as a symptom of Hollywood censorship & politics, as a market strategy, as an evolving style & as an idea that circulates thru all the media. This new & expanded edition of "More Than Night "contains an additional chapter on film noir in the 21st century.
"Film noir" evokes memories of stylish, cynical, black-&-white movies from the 1940s & '50s--melodramas about private eyes, femmes fatales, criminal gangs & lovers on the run. James Naremore's prize-winning book discusses these pictures, but also shows that the central term is more complex & paradoxical than we realize. It treats noir as a term in criticism, as an expression of artistic modernism, as a symptom of Hollywood censorship & politics, as a market strategy, as an evolving style & as an idea that circulates thru all the media. This new & expanded edition of "More Than Night "contains an additional chapter on film noir in the 21st century.
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