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The Philosophy of Neo-Noir

Author : Mark T. Conard
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813172306
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Neo-Noir written by Mark T. Conard and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2007-01-05 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film noir is a classic genre characterized by visual elements such as tilted camera angles, skewed scene compositions, and an interplay between darkness and light. Common motifs include crime and punishment, the upheaval of traditional moral values, and a pessimistic stance on the meaning of life and on the place of humankind in the universe. Spanning the 1940s and 1950s, the classic film noir era saw the release of many of Hollywood's best-loved studies of shady characters and shadowy underworlds, including Double Indemnity, The Big Sleep, Touch of Evil, and The Maltese Falcon. Neo-noir is a somewhat loosely defined genre of films produced after the classic noir era that display the visual or thematic hallmarks of the noir sensibility. The essays collected in The Philosophy of Neo-Noir explore the philosophical implications of neo-noir touchstones such as Blade Runner, Chinatown, Reservoir Dogs, Memento, and the films of the Coen brothers. Through the lens of philosophy, Mark T. Conard and the contributors examine previously obscure layers of meaning in these challenging films. The contributors also consider these neo-noir films as a means of addressing philosophical questions about guilt, redemption, the essence of human nature, and problems of knowledge, memory and identity. In the neo-noir universe, the lines between right and wrong and good and evil are blurred, and the detective and the criminal frequently mirror each other's most debilitating personality traits. The neo-noir detective—more antihero than hero—is frequently a morally compromised and spiritually shaken individual whose pursuit of a criminal masks the search for lost or unattainable aspects of the self. Conard argues that the films discussed in The Philosophy of Neo-Noir convey ambiguity, disillusionment, and disorientation more effectively than even the most iconic films of the classic noir era. Able to self-consciously draw upon noir conventions and simultaneously subvert them, neo-noir directors push beyond the earlier genre's limitations and open new paths of cinematic and philosophical exploration.

Neo-Noir

Author : Mark Bould
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231850476
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Neo-Noir written by Mark Bould and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neo-noir knows its past. It knows the rules of the game – and how to break them. From Point Blank (1998) to Oldboy (2003), from Get Carter (2000) to 36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004), from Catherine Tramell to Max Payne, neo-noir is a transnational global phenomenon. This wide-ranging collection maps out the terrain, combining genre, stylistic and textual analysis with Marxist, feminist, psychoanalytic and industrial approaches. Essays discuss works from the US, UK, France, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and New Zealand; key figures, such as David Lynch, the Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino and Sharon Stone; major conventions, such as the femme fatale, paranoia, anxiety, the city and the threat to the self; and the use of sound and colour.

Neo-Noir as Post-Classical Hollywood Cinema

Author : Robert Arnett
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030436683
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Neo-Noir as Post-Classical Hollywood Cinema written by Robert Arnett and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neo-Noir as Post-Classical Hollywood Cinema suggests the terms “noir” and “neo-noir” have been rendered almost meaningless by overuse. The book seeks to re-establish a purpose for neo-noir films and re-consider the organization of 60 years of neo-noir films. Using the notion of post-classical, the book establishes how neo-noir breaks into many movements, some based on time and others based on thematic similarities. The combined movements then form a mosaic of neo-noir. The time-based movements examine Transitional Noir (1960s-early 1970s), Hollywood Renaissance Noir in the 1970s, Eighties Noir, Nineties Noir, and Digital Noir of the 2000s. The thematic movements explore Nostalgia Noir, Hybrid Noir, and Remake and Homage Noir. Academics as well as film buffs will find this book appealing as it deconstructs popular films and places them within new contexts.

Hong Kong Neo-Noir

Author : Esther Yau
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474412688
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Hong Kong Neo-Noir written by Esther Yau and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive collection on the subject of Hong Kong neo-noir cinema, this book examines the way Hong Kong has developed its own unique and culturally specific version of the neo-noir genre, while at the same time drawing on and adapting existing international noir cinemas. With a range of contributions from established and emerging scholars, this book illuminates the origins of Hong Kong neo-noir, its styles and contemporary manifestations, and its connection to mainland China. Case studies include classics such as The Wild Wild Rose (1960) and more recent films like Full Alert (1997) and Exiled (2007), as well as an in-depth look at the careers of iconic figures like Johnnie To and Jackie Chan. By examining at its past and its contemporary development, Hong Kong Neo-Noir also points towards the genre's possible future development.

John Dahl and Neo-Noir

Author : Paul Monaco
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739133330
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (333 download)

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Download or read book John Dahl and Neo-Noir written by Paul Monaco and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2010-03-18 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In John Dahl and Neo-Noir: Examining Auteurism and Genre, Paul Monaco provides a focused inquiry into the first three feature films that director John Dahl made for theatrical release: Kill Me Again (1989), Red Rock West (1993), and The Last Seduction (1994). The importance of these three films, and Monaco's investigation of them, is how they illuminate a modern director's creative process in relation to the emerging genre of neo-noir.

Postfeminism and the Fatale Figure in Neo-Noir Cinema

Author : Samantha Lindop
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137503599
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Book Synopsis Postfeminism and the Fatale Figure in Neo-Noir Cinema by : Samantha Lindop

Download or read book Postfeminism and the Fatale Figure in Neo-Noir Cinema written by Samantha Lindop and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a thought-provoking study that expands on film scholarship on noir and feminist scholarship on postfeminism, subjectivity, and representation to provide an inclusive, sophisticated, and up-to-date analysis of the femme fatale , fille fatale , and homme fatal from the classic era through to recent postmillennial neo-noir .

Craziness and Carnival in Neo-Noir Chinese Cinema

Author : Harry H. Kuoshu
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030730816
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Craziness and Carnival in Neo-Noir Chinese Cinema written by Harry H. Kuoshu and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Craziness and Carnival in Neo-Noir Chinese Cinema offers an in-depth discussion of the “stone phenomenon” in Chinese film production and cinematic discourses triggered by the extraordinary success of the 2006 low-budget film, Crazy Stone. Surveying the nuanced implications of the film noir genre, Harry Kuoshu argues that global neo noir maintains a mediascape of references, borrowings, and re-workings and explores various social and cultural issues that constitute this Chinese episode of neo noir. Combining literary explorations of carnival, postmodernism, and post-socialism, Kuoshu advocates for neo noir as a cultural phenomenon that connects filmmakers, film critics, and film audiences rather than an industrial genre.

Historical Dictionary of Film Noir

Author : Andrew Spicer
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810873780
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (737 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Film Noir written by Andrew Spicer and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-03-19 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Historical Dictionary of Film Noir is a comprehensive guide that ranges from 1940 to present day neo-noir. It consists of a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, a filmography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on every aspect of film noir and neo-noir, including key films, personnel (actors, cinematographers, composers, directors, producers, set designers, and writers), themes, issues, influences, visual style, cycles of films (e.g. amnesiac noirs), the representation of the city and gender, other forms (comics/graphic novels, television, and videogames), and noir's presence in world cinema. It is an essential reference work for all those interested in this important cultural phenomenon.

The Philosophy of Film Noir

Author : Mark T. Conard
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 9780813191812
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Film Noir written by Mark T. Conard and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2007-08-17 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From The Maltese Falcon (1941) to Touch of Evil (1958), the classic film noir is easily recognizable for its unusual lighting, sinister plots, and feeling of paranoia. For critics and fans alike, these films defined an era. The Philosophy of Film Noir explores philosophical themes and ideas inherent in classic noir and neo-noir films, establishing connections to diverse thinkers ranging from Camus to the Frankfurt School. The authors, each focusing on a different aspect of the genre, explore the philosophical underpinnings of classic films such as The Big Sleep (1946), Out of the Past (1947), and Pulp Fiction (1994). They show how existentialism and nihilism dominate the genre as they explore profound themes in a vital area of popular culture.

Film Noir

Author : Mark Bould
Publisher : Wallflower Press
ISBN 13 : 9781904764502
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book Film Noir written by Mark Bould and published by Wallflower Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Film Noir explores the murky world of a genre responsible for many of film's most enduring images. Mark Bould discusses problems of definition and the often ambiguous nature of film noir and looks at contemporary 'neo-noir' films. Iconic and enduring, film noir attracted great stars (Bogart, Bacall, Mitchum, Lancaster), many of the best directors of the postwar period (Wilder, Lang, Preminger, Hawks, Siodmak, Welles) and in considering the history and continuing importance of noir, from Weimar Cinema to Sin City, this book is an indispensible guide to this still popular genre."--

The Matrix as a Neo Noir - An Analysis of The Matrix with Special Focus on Style and Motifs of Film Noir -

Author : Monique Bre
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638427854
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book The Matrix as a Neo Noir - An Analysis of The Matrix with Special Focus on Style and Motifs of Film Noir - written by Monique Bre and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2005-10-13 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, Dresden Technical University (Institut Amerikanistik), course: American Noir, 8 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: When the movie The Matrix commences, the audience has the impression to have stepped back into the late 1930s or 1940s. With its very conventional beginning of a noir narrative, The Matrix, which was directed by the brothers Andy and Larry Wachowski in 1999, provides the viewer with all the characteristics of a typical film noir: the setting of this first sequence is shot at night; it is dark and gloomy. We see a group of police officers in uniforms storming a building in order to arrest one woman. Not until that very ‘fugitive on the run’ fights back and escapes by implementing some rather incredulous astonishing fighting, we realize that this movie is not going to be in the past but in the future. The Matrix is often referred to as a futuristic, film noir, utopian science-fiction movie – a movie, which is innovative in its design and its special digital techniques. Containing plenty of characteristics of the classical film noir, which I am going to describe in the course of this seminar paper, the recipients witness in The Matrix a revival of the themes of the classical film noir. For that reason, it will be of interest in which way elements and motifs of film noir have changed to neo film noir, and to what extend we will find old and new noirish features in The Matrix. Additionally, I am going to analyze the plot as well as the character development of the main protagonists, their relationship to each other and their meaning for the film’s progress. Not only do I want to examine the film’s plot points in terms of their significance for the movie’s development, but also will I focus on misé-en-scene and the technical devices, which definitely set milestones in the history of film making.

Film Noir and Los Angeles

Author : Sean W. Maher
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351396838
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Film Noir and Los Angeles written by Sean W. Maher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book combines film studies with urban theory in a spatial exploration of twentieth century Los Angeles. Configured through the dark lens of noir, the author examines an alternate urban history of Los Angeles forged by the fictional modes of detective fiction, film noir and neo noir. Dark portrayals of the city are analyzed in Raymond Chandler’s crime fiction through to key films like Double Indemnity (1944) and The End of Violence (1997). By employing these fictional elements as the basis for historicising the city’s unrivalled urban form, the analysis demonstrates an innovative approach to urban historiography. Revealing some of the earliest tendencies of postmodern expression in Hollywood cinema, this book will be of great relevance to students and researchers working in the fields of film, literature, cultural and urban studies. It will also be of interest to scholars researching histories of Los Angeles and the American noir imagination.

Film Noir

Author : William Luhr
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444355937
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Film Noir written by William Luhr and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-04 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film Noir offers new perspectives on this highly popular and influential film genre, providing a useful overview of its historical evolution and the many critical debates over its stylistic elements. Brings together a range of perspectives on a topic that has been much discussed but remains notoriously ill-defined Traces the historical development of the genre, usefully exploring the relations between the films of the 1940s and 1950s that established the "noir" universe and the more recent films in which it has been frequently revived Employs a clear and intelligent writing style that makes this the perfect introduction to the genre Offers a thorough and engaging analysis of this popular area of film studies for students and scholars Presents an in-depth analysis of six key films, each exemplifying important trends of film noir: Murder, My Sweet; Out of the Past; Kiss Me Deadly; The Long Goodbye; Chinatown; and Seven

Film Genre Reader IV

Author : Barry Keith Grant
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292745745
Total Pages : 785 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Film Genre Reader IV written by Barry Keith Grant and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From reviews of the third edition: “Film Genre Reader III lives up to the high expectations set by its predecessors, providing an accessible and relatively comprehensive look at genre studies. The anthology’s consideration of the advantages and challenges of genre studies, as well as its inclusion of various film genres and methodological approaches, presents a pedagogically useful overview.” —Scope Since 1986, Film Genre Reader has been the standard reference and classroom text for the study of genre in film, with more than 25,000 copies sold. Barry Keith Grant has again revised and updated the book to reflect the most recent developments in genre study. This fourth edition adds new essays on genre definition and cycles, action movies, science fiction, and heritage films, along with a comprehensive and updated bibliography. The volume includes more than thirty essays by some of film’s most distinguished critics and scholars of popular cinema, including Charles Ramírez Berg, John G. Cawelti, Celestino Deleyto, David Desser, Thomas Elsaesser, Steve Neale, Thomas Schatz, Paul Schrader, Vivian Sobchack, Janet Staiger, Linda Williams, and Robin Wood.

Film Noir

Author : Ian Brookes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 178093324X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Film Noir written by Ian Brookes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-03-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is film noir? With its archetypal femme fatale and private eye, its darkly-lit scenes and even darker narratives, the answer can seem obvious enough. But as Ian Brookes shows in this new study, the answer is a lot more complex than that. This book is designed to tackle those complexities in a critical introduction that takes into account the problems of straightforward definition and classification. Students will benefit from an accessible introductory text that is not just an account of what film noir is, but also an interrogation of the ways in which the term came to be applied to a disparate group of American films of the 1940s and 1950s.

Women in Film Noir

Author : E. Ann Kaplan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839021225
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Women in Film Noir written by E. Ann Kaplan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of 'Women in Film Noir' (1978) assembled a group of scholars and critics committed to understanding the cinema in terms of gender, sexuality, politics, psychoanalysis and semiotics. This edition is expanded to include further essays which reflect the renewed interest in Film Noir. Exploring 'neo-noir', postmodernism and other contemporary trends, new essays offer readings of, among others, 'Bound' and 'Basic Instinct', broadening the scope of the book to include questions of race and homosexuality.

International Noir

Author : Homer B. Pettey
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748691111
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book International Noir written by Homer B. Pettey and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging from Japanese silent films and women's films to French, Hong Kong, and Nordic New Waves, this book explores the influence of noir on international cinematic traditions and challenges prevailing film scholarship. It includes extensive bibliography and filmographies for recommended reading and viewing.