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Out of the Shadows
Expanding the Canon of Classic Film Noir
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2011
Summary
Film noir was a cycle in American cinema which first came into prominence during World War II, peaked in the 1950s, and began to taper off as a definable trend by 1960. Over the years, a group of films from the period emerged as noir standards, beginning with Stranger on the Third Floor in 1940. However, since film noir is too wide-ranging, it cannot be kept within the narrow limits of the official canon that has been established by film historians. Consequently, several neglected movies made during the classic noir period need to be re-evaluated as noir films.
In Out of the Shadows: Expanding the Canon of Classic Film Noir, Gene Phillips provides an in-depth examination of several key noir films, including acknowledged masterpieces like Laura, The Maltese Falcon, Sunset Boulevard, and Touch of Evil, as well as films not often associated with film noir like Spellbound, A Double Life, and Anatomy of a Murder. Phillips also examines overlooked or underappreciated films such as Song of the Thin Man, The Glass Key, Ministry of Fear, and Act of Violence. Also considered in this reevaluation are significant neo-noir films, among them Chinatown, Hammett, L.A. Confidential, and The Talented Mr. Ripley.
In his analyses, Phillips draws upon a number of sources, including personal interviews with directors and others connected with their productions, screenplays, and evaluations of other commentators. Out of the Shadows explores not only the most celebrated noir films but offers new insight into underrated films that deserve reconsideration. Of interest to film historians and scholars, this volume will also appeal to anyone who wants a better understanding of the works that represent this unique cycle in American filmmaking.
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Copyright year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-8189-1
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-8190-7
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
308
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CONTENTS No access
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS No access
PROLOGUE: OVERLOOKED NOIR No access
CHAPTER ONE: BLACK MASK BRIGADE: DASHIELL HAMMETT, HARD-BOILED FICTION, AND FILM NOIR No access
CHAPTER TWO: EXPLORING FILM NOIR: STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR AND OTHER FILMS No access
CHAPTER THREE: JOHN HUSTON: THE MALTESE FALCON No access
CHAPTER FOUR: STUART HEISLER: THE GLASS KEY EDWARD BUZZELL: SONG OF THE THIN MAN No access
CHAPTER FIVE: FRITZ LANG: MINISTRY OF FEAR AND SCARLET STREET No access
CHAPTER SIX: ALFRED HITCHCOCK: SPELLBOUND AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN No access
CHAPTER SEVEN: GEORGE CUKOR: A DOUBLE LIFE BILLY WILDER: SUNSET BOULEVARD No access
CHAPTER EIGHT: ROBERT SIODMAK: THE KILLERS (1946) DON SIEGEL: THE KILLERS (1964) No access
CHAPTER NINE: OTTO PREMINGER: LAURA AND ANATOMY OF A MURDER No access
CHAPTER TEN: FRED ZINNEMANN: ACT OF VIOLENCE STANLEY KUBRICK: THE KILLING No access
CHAPTER ELEVEN: ORSON WELLES: THE STRANGER AND TOUCH OF EVIL No access
CHAPTER TWELVE: DASHIELL HAMMETT AND NEO-NOIR: THE DAIN CURSE AND HAMMETT No access
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: ANTHONY MINGHELLA: THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY LILIANA CAVANI: RIPLEY’S GAME No access
AFTERWORD: OUT OF THE SHADOWS, BACK TO THE FUTURE, NOIR MARCHES ON No access Pages 265 - 274
FILMOGRAPHY No access Pages 275 - 286
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY No access Pages 287 - 294
INDEX No access Pages 295 - 306
ABOUT THE AUTHOR No access Pages 307 - 308
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