BackInternational Noir
(book in English)
by Homer B. Pettey and R. Barton Palmer
- Type
- Studies
- Subject
- Genre > Detective movie
- film noir, detective film
- Publishing Date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Collection
- Traditions in World Cinema
- Language
- English
Relative size
- Physical desc.
- Paperback • 288 pages • 32 €
6 x 9 ¼ inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm) - ISBN
- 978-1-4744-1308-4
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Book Presentation:
Following World War II, film noir became the dominant cinematic expression of Cold War angst, influencing new trends in European and Asian filmmaking. International Noir examines film noir’s influence on the cinematic traditions of Britain, France, Scandinavia, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, and India. This book suggests that the film noir style continues to appeal on such a global scale because no other cinematic form has merged style and genre to effect a vision of the disturbing consequences of modernity.
International noir has, however, adapted and adopted noir themes and aesthetic elements so that national cinemas can boast an independent and indigenous expression of the genre. Ranging from Japanese silent films and women’s films to French, Hong Kong, and Nordic New Waves, this book also calls into question critical assessments of noir in international cinemas. In short, it challenges prevailing film scholarship to renegotiate the concept of noir. Ending with an examination of Hollywood’s neo-noir recontextualization of the genre, and post-noir’s reinvigorating critique of this aesthetic, International Noir offers Film Studies scholars an in-depth commentary on this influential global cinematic art form, further offering extensive bibliography and filmographies for recommended reading and viewing.
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