This critical study traces the common origins of film noir and science fiction films, identifying the many instances in which the two have merged to form a distinctive subgenre known as Tech-Noir. From the German Expressionist cinema of the late 1920s to the present-day cyberpunk movement, the book examines more than 100 films in which the common noir elements of crime, mystery, surrealism, and human perversity intersect with the high technology of science fiction. The author also details the hybrid subgenre's considerable influences on contemporary music, fashion, and culture.
This critical study traces the common origins of film noir and science fiction films, identifying the many instances in which the two have merged to form a distinctive subgenre known as Tech-Noir. From the German Expressionist cinema of the late 1920s to the present-day cyberpunk movement, the book examines more than 100 films in which the common noir elements of crime, mystery, surrealism, and human perversity intersect with the high technology of science fiction. The author also details the hybrid subgenre's considerable influences on contemporary music, fashion, and culture.
Paul Meehan is the author of several books on science fiction, film noir and horror films, and a contributor to the Noir City Sentinel, the journal of the Film Noir Foundation. He lives in San Francisco.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1. Things to Come Seen Through a Scanner Darkly: The World of Tech-Noir 2. Metropolis of the Homunculus: The German Silent and Early Sound Period, 1916-1932 3. Mad Doctors and Mobsters: American Sci-Fi/Horror Films, 1932-1949 4. Atom-Age Noir: Tech-Noir and Film Noir in the Atomic Fifties, 1950-1961 5. Eating Soylent Green in Alphaville: Genesis of a Subgenre, 1961-1979 6. Blade Runners, Terminators and Neuromancers: Cyberpunk Cinema, 1980-1989 7. Masters of the Matrix: The Triumph of Black Tech, 1990-2006 Conclusion Genre Splice: Night and the Mega-City Filmography Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1. Things to Come Seen Through a Scanner Darkly: The World of Tech-Noir 2. Metropolis of the Homunculus: The German Silent and Early Sound Period, 1916-1932 3. Mad Doctors and Mobsters: American Sci-Fi/Horror Films, 1932-1949 4. Atom-Age Noir: Tech-Noir and Film Noir in the Atomic Fifties, 1950-1961 5. Eating Soylent Green in Alphaville: Genesis of a Subgenre, 1961-1979 6. Blade Runners, Terminators and Neuromancers: Cyberpunk Cinema, 1980-1989 7. Masters of the Matrix: The Triumph of Black Tech, 1990-2006 Conclusion Genre Splice: Night and the Mega-City Filmography Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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