William Hare

L.A. Noir

Nine Dark Visions of the City of Angels

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Produktbeschreibung

Los Angeles is an ideal city for film noir for both economic and aesthetic reasons. The largest metropolitan area in the country, home to an ever-changing population of the disillusioned and in close proximity to city, mountains, ocean, and desert, the City of Angels became a center of American film noir. This detailed discussion of nine films explores such topics as why certain settings are appropriate for film noir, why L.A. has been a favorite of authors such as Raymond Chandler, and relevant political developments in the area. The films are also examined in terms of story content as well as how they developed in the project stage. Utilizing a number of quotes from interviews, the work examines actors, directors, and others involved with the films, touching on their careers and details of their time in L.A. The major films covered are The Big Sleep, Criss Cross, D.O.A., In A Lonely Place, The Blue Gardenia, Kiss Me Deadly, The Killing, Chinatown, and L.A. Confidential.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9780786437405
• ISBN-10: 0786437405
• Artikelnr.: 23305484

Autorenporträt

Movie historian and writer William Hare is a contributor to Films of the Golden Age. He has also written for the Los Angeles Examiner and the Inglewood Daily News. He lives in Spain.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction     
1. Hawks, Bogart and Bacall     
2. Lancaster Noir     
3. Solving Your Own Murder     
4. The Laureates of Night     
5. McCarthyism and Cold War Paranoia     
6. Armageddon Allegorical Noir     
7. Kubrick's Ticket to the Big Time     
8. All About Water and Power     
9. In Search of Rollo Tomasi     
Synopsis of the Films     
Bibliography     
Index