Film Noir
$53.83
- Hardcover
648 pages
- Release Date
28 October 2017
Summary
Whether it’s Double Indemnity, Kiss Me Deadly, or The Big Sleep, roam a screen world of dark and brooding elegance with this essential handbook to Film Noir. From private eyes and perfect crimes to corrupt cops and doomed affairs, editors Paul Duncan and Jürgen Müller examine noir’s key themes and their most representative movies from 1940 to 1960.
Copiously illustrated with film stills as well as original posters, this book offers page after page of noir’s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783836561693 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 3836561697 |
| Author: | Alain Silver, James Ursini, Jürgen Müller, Paul Duncan |
| Publisher: | Taschen GmbH |
| Imprint: | Taschen GmbH |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 648 |
| Release Date: | 28 October 2017 |
| Weight: | 1.26kg |
| Dimensions: | 47mm x 140mm x 195mm |
| Series: | Bibliotheca Universalis |
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Alain Silver
Alain Silver is a film producer, critic, and historian, and the author of 20 books on cinematic topics, including The Noir Style, LA Noir, the Film Noir Reader series, and Steve McQueen, Frank Sinatra, and Katharine Hepburn for TASCHEN’s Icon Series. He has provided audio commentaries on classic film noir DVDs, including Call Northside 777 and Double Indemnity. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America, the Screen Actors Guild, and the Writers Guild of America, and graduated from UCLA with degrees in film production and critical studies.
James Ursini has co-written eleven books with Alain Silver, including their Film Noir Reader series. He has also written for various film magazines and supplied the commentary for numerous classic film noir DVDs. He has a doctorate in motion pictures studies and lectures on filmmaking in the Los Angeles area.
Jürgen Müller holds the chair of Early Modern and Modern Art History at the Technical University of Dresden. He studied Art History at the universities of Bochum, Mu¨nster, Pisa, Paris, and Amsterdam, and has worked as an art critic and curator of numerous exhibitions. He is also the editor of TASCHEN’s movies by decade series.
Paul Duncan is a film historian whose TASCHEN books include The Star Wars Archives, The James Bond Archives, The Charlie Chaplin Archives, The Godfather Family Album, Taxi Driver, Film Noir, and Horror Cinema, as well as publications on film directors, film genres, and movie stars.
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