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Film Noir Style

Kimberly Truhler
Film Noir Style Book PDF

Author : Kimberly Truhler
Publisher : Paladin Communications
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781735273808

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Film Noir Style by Kimberly Truhler Pdf

Film Noir Style: The Killer 1940s looks at the fashions of the femmes fatales who were so good at being bad, and the suits and trench coats of definitive noir actors such as Humphrey Bogart and Alan Ladd. Film and fashion historian Kimberly Truhler explores twenty definitive film noir titles from 1941 to 1950 and traces the evolution of popular fashion in the decade of the '40s, the impact of World War II on home-front fashion, and the influence of the film noir genre on popular fashion then and now. Meet not only the fabulous women of noir, including Betty Grable, Veronica Lake, Gene Tierney, Lauren Bacall, Barbara Stanwyck, Ava Gardner, and many others, but also the costume designers that created and recreated these famous stars as killers—and worse—through the clothes they wore.

Noir Style

Alain Silver
Noir Style Book PDF

Author : Alain Silver
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1468307347

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Noir Style by Alain Silver Pdf

"In the world of film noir style becomes paramount," wrote Paul Schrader in his seminal "Notes on Film Noir."

How to Draw Noir Comics

Shawn Martinbrough
How to Draw Noir Comics Book PDF

Author : Shawn Martinbrough
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780823024063

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How to Draw Noir Comics by Shawn Martinbrough Pdf

How to Draw Noir Comics: The Art and Technique of Visual Storytelling is an instructional book based on the cinematic, high contrast noir style of acclaimed comic book and graphic novel illustrator, Shawn Martinbrough. Martinbrough’s work has been published by DC Comics, Vertigo and Marvel Comics, illustrating stories ranging from Batman to the X-Men. This is his first book, released through Watson-Guptill Publications and The Nielsen Company. In How to Draw Noir Comics, Martinbrough shows how the expert use of the color black is critical for drawing noir comics. He demonstrates how to set a mood, design characters and locations, stage action and enhance drama, and discusses important topics like page layout, panel design, and cover design. How to Draw Noir Comics includes The Truce, an original graphic novel written and illustrated by Martinbrough which incorporates the many lessons addressed throughout the book, and has an introduction by critically-acclaimed novelist Greg Rucka, author of the graphic novel Whiteout, currently in production as a major motion picture.

Neo-noir

Ronald Schwartz
Neo noir Book PDF

Author : Ronald Schwartz
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 081085676X

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Neo-noir by Ronald Schwartz Pdf

According to many critics, the era of "Film Noir" ended with the 1958 release of Orson Welles' classic Touch of Evil. The style was not dead, but rather had been transformed, and two years later, Alfred Hitchcock ushered in a new era of "Noir" films with the release of his 1960 masterpiece, Psycho. Film scholar Ronald Schwartz examines the most significant representatives of this cinematic style, beginning with Hitchcock's shocker and concluding with Michael Mann's Collateral (2004). Schwartz provides in-depth analyses of over thirty of the best "Neo-Noir" films and explains the qualities and characteristics of the "new noir" style. He also explains how it differs from "Film Noir" of the forties and fifties. As this study reveals, the new style significantly impacted American film after 1960. In this chronological guide, Schwartz examines such landmark films as The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Point Blank (1967), The French Connection (1971), Chinatown (1974), Taxi Driver (1976), Body Heat (1981), Blood Simple (1984), Fatal Attraction (1987), The Grifters (1990), Reservoir Dogs (1992), The Usual Suspects (1995), L.A. Confidential (1997), Memento (2000), and Mystic River (2003). The book also includes an alphabetical filmography, listing over 650 films that in plot, style, or subject matter reflect the diversity of the genre. This reference work will be a valuable resource for film scholars and fans alike who wish to further explore the ever-evolving aspects of "Neo-Noir" cinema.

Early Film Noir

William Hare
Early Film Noir Book PDF

Author : William Hare
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786483644

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Early Film Noir by William Hare Pdf

The name is French and it has connections to German expressionist cinema, but film noir was inspired by the American Raymond Chandler, whose prose was marked by the gripping realism of seedy hotels, dimly lit bars, main streets, country clubs, mansions, cul-de-sac apartments, corporate boardrooms, and flop houses of America. Chandler and the other writers and directors, including James M. Cain, Dashiell Hammett, Jane Greer, Ken Annakin, Rouben Mamoulian and Mike Mazurki, who were primarily responsible for the creation of the film noir genre and its common plots and themes, are the main focus of this work. It correlates the rise of film noir with the new appetites of the American public after World War II and explains how it was developed by smaller studios and filmmakers as a result of the emphasis on quality within a deliberately restricted element of cities at night. The author also discusses how RKO capitalized on films such as Murder, My Sweet and Out of the Past--two of film noir's most famous titles--and film noir's connection to British noir and the great international triumph of Sir Carol Reed in The Third Man.

The Essence of Film Noir

Diana Royer
The Essence of Film Noir Book PDF

Author : Diana Royer
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476684192

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The Essence of Film Noir by Diana Royer Pdf

American classic films noir, beginning with 1941's The Maltese Falcon and ending with 1950's Sunset Boulevard, and the neo-noir films made from the 1970s onward, share certain thematic aspects, stylistic qualities, and cultural contexts. Their concern with politics, their depiction of con artists, and the way their characters are shaped by America's puritanical religious roots show that these films are examples of a unique American genre, even when the films' directors are German emigres with artistic roots in European Expressionism. The films' psychological depth is revealed stylistically through complex narratives, with select directors generating visual poetry as they deal with sex, violence and betrayal. Some films are based on popular novels inspired by true crime cases. A unique approach to film noir scholarship, this book discusses the genre's thematic aspects, cultural contexts and stylistic qualities. For those films based upon novels, in-depth analysis of the fiction is provided alongside the film version, resulting in a fuller, more thorough understanding of the genre.

Movies and Mass Culture

John Belton
Movies and Mass Culture Book PDF

Author : John Belton
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0813522285

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Movies and Mass Culture by John Belton Pdf

On how American identity is shaped by motion pictures

The Noir Style

Alain Silver,James Ursini
The Noir Style Book PDF

Author : Alain Silver,James Ursini
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1999-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39076002051485

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The Noir Style by Alain Silver,James Ursini Pdf

Replete with sinister and scintillating photos, this book handsomely and uniquely illustrates the graphic impact of film noir in images that practically speak for themselves.

Drawing Crime Noir

Christopher Hart
Drawing Crime Noir Book PDF

Author : Christopher Hart
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : 0823023990

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Drawing Crime Noir by Christopher Hart Pdf

Wolf Haas' Detective Brenner series has become wildly popular around the world for a reason: They're timely, edgy stories told in a wry, quirky voice that's often hilarious, and with a protagonist it's hard not to love. In this episode, Brenner forced out of the police force tries to get away from detective work by taking a job as the personal chauffeur for two-year-old Helena, the daughter of a Munich construction giant and a Viennese abortion doctor. One day, while Brenner's attention is turned to picking out a chocolate bar for Helena at a gas station, Helena gets snatched from the car. Abruptly out of a job, Brenner decides to investigate her disappearance on his own. With both parents in the public eye, there's no scarcity of leads the father's latest development project has spurred public protest, and the mother's clinic has been targeted by the zealous leader of an anti-abortion group. Brenner and God is told with a dark humor that leaves no character, including Brenner, unscathed. Haas tells the story of a fallible hero who can be indecisive and world-weary, baffled and disillusioned by what he finds, but who presses forward nonetheless out of a stubborn sense of decency a two-year-old is kidnapped, so you find her, because that's just what you do.

The Philosophy of Film Noir

Mark T. Conard
The Philosophy of Film Noir Book PDF

Author : Mark T. Conard
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780813123776

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The Philosophy of Film Noir by Mark T. Conard Pdf

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, explores the philosophical underpinnings of classic films.

Film Noir 101

Mark Fertig
Film Noir 101 Book PDF

Author : Mark Fertig
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781606997598

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Film Noir 101 by Mark Fertig Pdf

Collecting 101 noir movie posters of, arguably, the greatest noir films ever made (including classics The Maltese Falcon, Laura, and Double Indemnity). Reproduced in a stunningly designed, over-sized format that shows off the spectacular visual elan of Hollywood movie posters at their best, the book is not only a spectacular showcase of film noir art, but also establishes the crucial films and identifies their key characteristics, with critical commentary on each film by author and scholar Mark Fertig. This is an ideal handbook for noir rookies, a valuable resource for old-hats, and a visual feast for fans of film noir and American entertainment art.

Dark City

Eddie Muller
Dark City Book PDF

Author : Eddie Muller
Publisher : Running Press Adult
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780762498963

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Dark City by Eddie Muller Pdf

This revised and expanded edition of Eddie Muller's Dark City is a film noir lover's bible, taking readers on a tour of the urban landscape of the grim and gritty genre in a definitive, highly illustrated volume. Dark Cityexpands with new chapters and a fresh collection of restored photos that illustrate the mythic landscape of the imagination. It's a place where the men and women who created film noir often find themselves dangling from the same sinister heights as the silver-screen avatars to whom they gave life. Eddie Muller, host of Turner Classic Movies' Noir Alley, takes readers on a spellbinding trip through treacherous terrain: Hollywood in the post-World War II years, where art, politics, scandal, style -- and brilliant craftsmanship -- produced a new approach to moviemaking, and a new type of cultural mythology.

A Panorama of American Film Noir (1941-1953)

Raymond Borde,Etienne Chaumeton
A Panorama of American Film Noir 1941 1953 Book PDF

Author : Raymond Borde,Etienne Chaumeton
Publisher : City Lights Books
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 087286412X

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A Panorama of American Film Noir (1941-1953) by Raymond Borde,Etienne Chaumeton Pdf

This first book published on film noir established the genre--a classic, at last in translation.

Film Noir

Andrew Spicer
Film Noir Book PDF

Author : Andrew Spicer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317875031

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Film Noir by Andrew Spicer Pdf

Film Noir is an overview of an often celebrated, but also contested, body of films. It discusses film noir as a cultural phenomenon whose history is more extensive and diverse than American black and white crime thrillers of the forties. An extended Background Chapter situates film noir within its cultural context, describing its origin in German Expressionism, French Poetic Realism and in developments within American genres, the gangster/crime thriller, horror and the Gothic romance and its possible relationship to changes in American society. Five chapters are devoted to ‘classic’ film noir (1940-59): chapters explore its contexts of production and reception, its visual style, and its narrative patterns and themes chapters on character types and star performances elucidate noir’s complex construction of gender with its weak, ambivalent males and predatory femmes fatales and also provide a detailed analysis of three noir auteurs, - Anthony Mann, Robert Siodmak and Fritz Lang Three chapters investigate ‘neo-noir’ and British film noir: chapters trace the complex evolution of ‘neo-noir’ in American cinema, from the modernist critiques of Night Moves and Taxi Driver, to the postmodern hybridity of contemporary noir including Seven, Pulp Fiction and Memento the final chapter surveys the development of British film noir, a significant and virtually unknown cinema, stretching from the thirties to Mike Hodges’ Croupier Films discussed include both little known examples and seminal works such as Double Indemnity, Scarlet Street, Kiss Me Deadly and Touch of Evil. A final section provides a guide to further reading, an extensive bibliography and a list of over 500 films referred to in the text. Lucidly written, Film Noir is an accessible, informative and stimulating introduction that will have a broad appeal to undergraduates, cinéastes, film teachers and researchers.

Through a Noir Lens

Sheri Chinen Biesen
Through a Noir Lens Book PDF

Author : Sheri Chinen Biesen
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780231560894

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Through a Noir Lens by Sheri Chinen Biesen Pdf

Shadows. Smoke. Dark alleys. Rain-slicked city streets. These are iconic elements of film noir visual style. Long after its 1940s heyday, noir hallmarks continue to appear in a variety of new media forms and styles. What has made the noir aesthetic at once enduring and adaptable? Sheri Chinen Biesen explores how the dark cinematic noir style has evolved across eras, from classic Hollywood to present-day streaming services. Examining both aesthetics and material production conditions, she demonstrates how technological and industrial changes have influenced the imagery of film noir. When it emerged in the early 1940s, the visual style’s distinctive shadowy look was in part a product of wartime cinema conditions and technologies, such as blackouts and nitrate film stock. Since the 1950s, technical developments from acetate film stock and new cameras and lenses to lighting, color, and digitization have shaped the changing nature of noir style. Biesen considers the persistence of the noir legacy, discussing how neo-noirs reimagine iconic imagery and why noir style has become a touchstone in the streaming era. Drawing on a wealth of archival research, she provides insightful analyses of a wide range of works, from masterpieces directed by Billy Wilder and Alfred Hitchcock to New Hollywood neo-noirs, the Coen brothers’ revisionist films, and recent HBO and Netflix series. A groundbreaking technological and industrial history of an essential yet slippery visual style, Through a Noir Lens shines a light into the shadows of film noir.