Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia

by Wheeler Winston Dixon

Book Overview

Noir. A shadow looms. The blow, a sharp surprise. Waking and sleeping, the fear is with us and cannot be contained. Paranoia.

Wheeler Winston Dixon's comprehensive work engages readers in an overview of noir and fatalist film from the mid-twentieth century to the present, ending with a discussion of television, the Internet, and dominant commercial cinema. Beginning with the 1940s classics, Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813545218
• ISBN13: 9780813545219
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher