Neo-Noir

by Douglas Keesey

A world-weary detective, a seductive femme fatale, a mysterious murder - these elements of classic film noir live again in more recent hardboiled detective films from Chinatown to Sin City. But the themes of noir have also spilled over into gangster movies, as well as creating new genres including psycho-noir (Memento), techno-noir (The Matrix) and superhero-noir (The Dark Knight). Neo-Noir shows how new noir films have drawn upon contemporary social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842433113
• ISBN13: 9781842433119
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Kamera Books
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 7.6"