Film noir and the spaces of modernity / Edward Dimendberg.

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Dimendberg, Edward.

Title & Author:

Film noir and the spaces of modernity / Edward Dimendberg.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.

Description:

x, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Naked cities -- Centripetal space -- Walking cures -- Centrifugal space -- Simultaneity, the media environment, and the end of film noir.

Summary:

Exploring classic examples of film noir such as 'The Asphalt Jungle', 'Double Indemnity' and 'Kiss Me Deadly', alongside many lesser-known works, Dimendberg masterfully interweaves film history and urban history while perceptively analyzing works by Raymond Chandler, Edward Hopper and Siegfried Kracauer.

Resources:
Table of contents
Available from ACLS Humanities
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ISBN:

067401314X (alk. paper)
9780674013148 (alk. paper)
0674013468 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780674013469 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Film noir United States History and criticism.
Films noirs États-Unis Histoire et critique.
Film noir.
Stadt
Metropolen.
Moderniteit.
Cinema Estados unidos.
Histoire.
United States.
USA
États-Unis.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Film noir United States History and criticism.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 232284
Call No.: PN1995.9.F54 D5 2004
Status: Available

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