| A Panorama of American Film Noir (1941-1953) Contributor(s): Borde, Raymond (Author), Chaumeton, Etienne (Author), Hammond, Paul (Translator) |
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ISBN: 087286412X ISBN-13: 9780872864122 Publisher: City Lights Books OUR PRICE: $21.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2002 Annotation: When it appeared in France in 1955, "A Panorama of American Film Noir "was the first book ever on the genre. Now this classic is at last available in English translation. This clairvoyant study of Hollywood film noir is "a benchmark' for all later work on the topic" (James Naremore). "A Panorama of American Film Noir "addresses the essential amorality of its subject from a decidedly Surrealist angle, focusing on noir's dreamlike, unwonted, erotic, ambivalent, and cruel atmosphere, and setting it in the social context of mid-century America. Raymond Borde (b. 1920), founder of the Cinmathque de Toulouse, has written extensively on film history. Etienne Chaumeton was the film critic of the Toulouse newspaper "La Dpche "until his recent death. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 791.436 |
| LCCN: 2002073843 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.24" W x 8.66" (0.85 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950's |
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| Publisher Description: When it appeared in France in 1955, A Panorama of American Film Noir was the first book ever on the genre: this clairvoyant study of Hollywood film noir is at last available in English translation. A Panorama of American Film Noir addresses the essential amorality of its subject from a decidedly Surrealist angle, focusing on noir's dreamlike, unwonted, erotic, ambivalent and cruel atmosphere, and setting it in the social context of mid-century America. Beginning with the first film noir, The Maltese Falcon, and continuing through the post war glory days, which included such films as Gilda, The Big Sheep, Dark Passage and The Lady from Shanghai, Borde and Chaumeton examine the dark sides of American society, film and literature that made film noir possible, even necessary. A Panorama of American Film Noir includes a film noir chronology, a voluminous filmography, a comprehensive index and a selection of black-and-white production stills. Incredibly, this is the first English translation of the very influential 1955 French book that initially identified, described and assessed the Hollywood movies that we now term film noir . . . a seminal work of cinema description and analysis and therefore an essential purchase for most libraries.--From the Starred Review in Library Journal Raymond Borde (1920 - 2004), founder of the Cin math que de Toulouse, wrote extensively on film history; among his short films is a study of the artist Pierre Molinier. Etienne Chaumeton was the film critic of the Toulouse newspaper La D p che until his death. |