2006, ISBN: 9781134973187

Taking issue with many orthodox views of Film Noir, Frank Krutnik argues for a reorientation of this compulsively engaging area of Hollywood cultural production. Krutnik recasts the films… Mehr…

Taking issue with many orthodox views of Film Noir, Frank Krutnik argues for a reorientation of this compulsively engaging area of Hollywood cultural production. Krutnik recasts the films within a generic framework and draws on recent historical and theoretical research to examine both the diversity of film noir and its significance within American popular culture of the 1940s. He considers classical Hollywood cinema, debates on genre, and the history of the emergence of character in film noir, focusing on the hard-boiled´ crime fiction of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain as well as the popularisationof Freudian psychoanalysis; and the social and cultural upheavals of the 1940s.The core of this book however concerns the complex representationof masculinity in the noir tough´ thriller, and where and how gender interlocks with questions of genre. Analysing in detail major thrillers like The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity, Out of the Past and The Killers , alongside lesser known but nonetheless crucial films as Stranger on the Third Floor, Pitfall and Dead Reckoning Krutnik has produced a provocative and highly readable study of one of Hollywood most perennially fascinating groups of films. Taking issue with many orthodox views of Film Noir, Frank Krutnik argues for a reorientation of this compulsively engaging area of Hollywood cultural production. Krutnik recasts the films within a generic framework and draws on recent historical and theoretical research to examine both the diversity of film noir and its significance within American popular culture of the 1940s. He considers classical Hollywood cinema, debates on genre, and the history of the emergence of character in film noir eBook PDF 19.10.2006 eBooks>Fremdsprachige eBooks>Englische eBooks, Taylor and Francis, .200<

ISBN: 9781134973187

Taking issue with many orthodox views of Film Noir, Frank Krutnik argues for a reorientation of this compulsively engaging area of Hollywood cultural production. Krutnik recasts the films… Mehr…

Taking issue with many orthodox views of Film Noir, Frank Krutnik argues for a reorientation of this compulsively engaging area of Hollywood cultural production. Krutnik recasts the films within a generic framework and draws on recent historical and theoretical research to examine both the diversity of film noir and its significance within American popular culture of the 1940s. He considers classical Hollywood cinema, debates on genre, and the history of the emergence of character in film noir, focusing on the hard-boiled' crime fiction of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain as well as the popularisationof Freudian psychoanalysis; and the social and cultural upheavals of the 1940s.The core of this book however concerns the complex representationof masculinity in the noir tough' thriller, and where and how gender interlocks with questions of genre. Analysing in detail major thrillers like The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity, Out of the Past and The Killers , alongside lesser known but nonetheless crucial films as Stranger on the Third Floor, Pitfall and Dead Reckoning Krutnik has produced a provocative and highly readable study of one of Hollywood most perennially fascinating groups of films. ; EPUB; Music, Stage & Screen > Film, TV & radio > Films, cinema, Taylor and Francis<

ISBN: 9781134973187

Taking issue with many orthodox views of 'Film Noir,' Frank Krutnik argues for a reorientation of the compulsively engaging area of Hollywood cultural production. By analysing individual … Mehr…

Taking issue with many orthodox views of 'Film Noir,' Frank Krutnik argues for a reorientation of the compulsively engaging area of Hollywood cultural production. By analysing individual films within a generic framework and using recent historical and theoretical research Krutnik looks at both the diversity of 'film noir' and at its cultural significance. Through an examination of such films as 'The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity, Gilda' and 'The Lady From Shanghai' he looks at the tough' thriller in terms of eBooks > Fremdsprachige eBooks > Englische eBooks; eBooks > Fachbücher > Kunstwissenschaft , Taylor & Francis Ltd., PDF, Taylor & Francis Ltd.<

2006, ISBN: 9781134973187

Taking issue with many orthodox views of 'Film Noir,' Frank Krutnik argues for a reorientation of the compulsively engaging area of Hollywood cultural production. By analysing individual … Mehr…

Taking issue with many orthodox views of 'Film Noir,' Frank Krutnik argues for a reorientation of the compulsively engaging area of Hollywood cultural production. By analysing individual films within a generic framework and using recent historical and theoretical research Krutnik looks at both the diversity of 'film noir' and at its cultural significance. Through an examination of such films as 'The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity, Gilda' and 'The Lady From Shanghai' he looks at the tough' thriller in terms of eBook Frank Krutnik PDF, Taylor & Francis Ltd., 19.10.2006, Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2006<

2006, ISBN: 9781134973187

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