Neo-Noir: The New Film Noir Style from Psycho to Collateral by Schwartz, Ronald

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The Scarecrow Press, Inc, 2005-08-04. Paperback. New.

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New. According to many critics, the era of "Film Noir" ended with the 1958 release of Orson Welles' classic Touch of Evil. The style was not dead, but rather had been transformed, and two years later, Alfred Hitchcock ushered in a new era of "Noir" films with the release of his 1960 masterpiece, Psycho. Film scholar Ronald Schwartz examines the most significant representatives of this cinematic style, beginning with Hitchcock's shocker and concluding with Michael Mann's Collateral (2004). Schwartz provides in-depth analyses of over thirty of the best "Neo-Noir" films and explains the qualities and characteristics of the "new noir" style. He also explains how it differs from "Film Noir" of the forties and fifties. As this study reveals, the new style significantly impacted American film after 1960. In this chronological guide, Schwartz examines such landmark films as The Manchurian Candidate (1962),… Read More

Scarecrow Pr, 2005. Paperback. New. 157 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated , pp. xiv + 157 Index. Papeback. New.

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