Fatalism in American Film Noir: Some Cinematic Philosophy, Paperback - Robert B. Pippin

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Robert B. PippinThe crime melodramas of the 1940s known now as film noir shared many formal and thematic elements, from unu...

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With the rise of review sites and social media, films today, as soon as they are shown, immediately become the topic of debates on their merits not...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Robert B. PippinNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2019Dimensions: 346 x 712 x 18Cover type...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dr Dominic (University of Bristol, UK) LashIllustration(s): 22 bw illusNumber of pages: 280Collectio...

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Cinematic Illuminations offers medievalists, literary and cultural theorists, and film theorists and buffs a fresh approach to understanding how po...

Reducere. Andrew Dickos's Street with No Name traces the film noir genre back to its roots in German Expressionist cinema and the French cinema of the interw...

Reducere. This book is the first anthology to explore the connection between race and the suburbs in American cinema from the end of World War II to the pres...

Reducere. Robert Mitchum once commented to Arthur Lyons about his movies of the 1940s and 1950s: "Hell, we didn't know what film noir was in those days. We w...

The first edition of 'Women in Film Noir' (1978) assembled a group of scholars and critics committed to understanding the cinema in terms of gender...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Dana PolanIllustration(s): 25 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2021Dimens...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PlcAuthor(s): Padraic (National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland) KilleenIllustration(s): 38 bw illusNumber ...

Set in Sixties London, a gripping drama of past secrets revealed, of manipulation and revenge for fans of Daphne du Maurier and noir movies like Al...

Reducere. An emphasis on our capacity to reason has been growing in philosophy over the last 30 years, and Robert Brandom has been at the centre of this deve...

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James Naremore introduces film noir, highlighting key themes, films, and styles, and exploring why the genre is so difficult to categorize. First a...

Offers the first multigenre study of representations of masculinity following the emergence of violent terror as a plot element in American cinema ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe only text of its kind to explore central topics in sociology through feature films This one-of-a-kind text takes readers beyond watc...

Publisher: Rutgers University PressAuthor(s): Robert P. KolkerIllustration(s): 37 black & white images, 21 colour imagesNumber of pages: 232Publica...

The endangered and dangerous female figures of "Rebecca", of "Jagged Edge" and "What Lies Beneath" have a deserved and endures fascination. This wo...

A nuanced reassessment that transforms our understanding of this self-taught artist Arguably the most successful African American artist of his day...

Reducere. For a tour of noir cinema this handbook is the perfect companion and Barry Gifford is an ideal guide. His choice selection of films exposes the men...

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Publisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Robert SingerIllustration(s): 64 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2021Dime...

DescriptionThree media experts guide the Christian moviegoer into a theological conversation with movies in this up-to-date, readable introduction ...

In Pragmatism's Evolution, Trevor Pearce demonstrates that the philosophical tradition of pragmatism owes an enormous debt to specific biological d...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Professor Jess (Monash University, Australia) BerryIllustration(s): 48 bw illusNumber of pages: 224P...

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DescriptionCovers the equipment needed, including the cameras, lenses, and the accessories that are essential to creating high-quality film noir im...

Un film de fictune care se petrece in lumea fascinanta a unuia dintre cele grozave scandaluri ale anilor 1970, American Hustle/Teapa in stil americ...

DescriptionRobert B. Reich makes a powerful case for the expansion of America's moral imagination. Rooting his argument in common sense and everyda...

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Reducere. A strong sense of unity and tradition frames a fascinating history of Manchester, New Hampshire's Franco-American community. Author Robert B. Perre...

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Reducere. Generously includes film stills and essays on crime films, The Postman Always Rings Twice, "Hitchcock's Noir Landscape " "Samuel Fuller's Tabloid C...

From the Bible, the Iliad, and the Republic to Civil Disobedience, Das Kapital, and Silent Spring, this revised and greatly expanded edition is a m...

Reducere. (FAQ). Film Noir FAQ celebrates and reappraises some 200 noir thrillers representing 20 years of Hollywood's Golden Age. Noir pulls us close to bru...

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The pioneering anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner explores the culture and practices of independent filmmaking in the U.S., arguing that during the pa...

Reducere. An anthology on film noir, this book contains early writings on the genre as well as more recent literature, some published here for the first time...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Professor Jess (Monash University, Australia) BerryIllustration(s): 48 bw illusNumber of pages: 224P...

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Filmmaker and writer Katz ( Shot by Shot ) updates his 1991 guide to blocking strategies, balancing a new chapter on how digital technology can hel...