Film Noir Bibliotheca Universalis
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Whether it s Double Indemnity Kiss Me Deadly or The Big Sleep roam a screen world of dark and brooding elegance with this essential handbook to Film Noir From private eyes and perfect crimes to corrupt cops and doomed affairs editors Paul Duncan and Jürgen Müller examine noir s key themes and their most representative movies from 1940 to 1960 Copiously illustrated with film stills as well as original posters this book offers page after page of noir s masterful visual compositions while exploring the narrative paradigms of this cryptic compelling and evolving genre If that weren t enough to tickle your cinematic appetite the volume concludes with TASCHEN s top 50 pick of noir classics Brimming with the enigmatic dames desperate gangsters and psycho killers that continue to cast a long and captivating shadow over cinema this is a must have handbook for noir aficionados and amateurs alike Tanıtım Bülteninden
