Noir Anxiety

by Kelly Oliver

Book Overview

Investigates the fears and desires about sexuality and racial identity that shape film noir.

Among the elements that define the classic film noir-chiaroscuro lighting, voice-over narration, and such archetypal characters as the world-weary private eye and the femme fatale-perhaps no element is more responsible for the genre's continued popularity among movie buffs, filmmakers, and critics than the palpable sense of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816641102
• ISBN13: 9780816641109
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.1"