Book description
David Landau’s Film Noir Production: The Whodunit of the Classic American Mystery Film is a book meant for those who like a good story, one the Noir Films always delivered, concentrating on the characters more than anything else. Readers will find in these pages many behind-the-scenes tales of the productions of certain hard-boiled film classics and the prime players involved in their creation, from Darryl Zanuck and Raymond Chandler to John Seitz and Billy Wilder.
This book features:
- A clear understanding of how movies are actually made and all the creative artists that contribute, creating a better appreciation for the many talented artistic collaborators that worked in the Hollywood Studio System and who together created film noir.
- A behind-the-scenes look at the making of a classic film noir movie that typifies the chapter’s subject, allowing the reader to view that film in a new light and think about it from a new prospective.
- Appendices of suggested films to screen, film noir books for further reading, and downloadable files containing discussion points and class assignments for each chapter.
- An informative and conversational writing style, making the subject matter easy to digest and fun to read.
This book is an indispensible companion text for anyone studying or interested in film noir, film history, the bygone days of the Hollywood film factories or how movies are actually made.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Noir Comes to Light (The Maltese Falcon)
- 2 The Noir Hero (Murder, My Sweet)
- 3 The Noir Anti-Hero (This Gun for Hire)
- 4 The Femmes of Noir: They Aren’t Always Fatale (Double Indemnity)
- 5 Directors and Studios: A Noir Relationship (Laura)
- 6 The Noir Cast (The Big Sleep)
- 7 Noir Themes (Macao)
- 8 Noir Style: Music, Costumes and Art Direction (My Favorite Brunette)
- 9 Noir Imagery: Lighting and Cinematography (The Big Combo)
- 10 Noir Speak: Dialog and First-Person Narrative (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)
- 11 Noir’s Rebirth and Neo-Noir (House of Games)
- 12 Cross-Genre Noir and Noir Influence (Brick)
- Appendix: Notable Noir and Neo-Noir Films
- Bibliography
- Index
Product information
- Title: Film Noir Production
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2016
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781315511719
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