Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City by Nicholas Christopher - First Edition - 1997 - from Saucony Book Shop and Biblio.com

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Book summary

A study of American "film noir"--the stark and sombre detective movies made mainly during the 1940s and 1950s. Christopher, a poet and novelist, examines the genre in cultural as well as aesthetic terms, and argues that film noir provided a style that expressed the deep sense of unease that many Americans felt in the postwar world.

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"An encyclopedic and very readable appreciation that will probably send many readers hurrying to the video store."

Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City

by Christopher, Nicholas

First Edition

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Book desription: New York: Free Press/Simon and Schuster, 1997. Black and gray paper covered boards. Remainder mark on bottom text block edge, else as issued. xiii,290 pp. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bookseller: Saucony Book Shop (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: MISC0039
Format/binding: Hardcover
Book condition: Fine
Jacket condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0684828030
ISBN 13: 9780684828039
Publisher: Free Press/Simon and Schuster
Place: New York
Date published: 1997
Pages: 290
Size: 6.5 x 10 x 1.25 inches
LCCN: PN1995.9.F54C54 1997
Dewey: 791.43/655
Weight: 1.25 pounds
Keywords: FILM NOIR CRITICISM PERFORMING ARTS
Subjects: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General;

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