100 Film Noirs

by Jim Hillier and Alastair Phillips

Book Overview

Film noir's popularity with cinema audiences, enthusiasts and scholars has remained unabated since post-war French critics began discerning a new trend in American film with the release of such stylish and atmospheric crime features as Double Indemnity and Murder, My Sweet. Many of Hollywood's greatest directors such as Fritz Lang and Robert Siodmak are now closely associated with film noir's psychologically acute observations of the darker contours...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844572161
• ISBN13: 9781844572168
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.9" x 6.5"