In this cultural examination of American film noir, poet and novelist Nicholas Christopher contrasts the nightmare world of the genre with the sunny unreality of American popular culture, presenting a fresh view of its meaning for our time.
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In this cultural examination of American film noir, poet and novelist Nicholas Christopher contrasts the nightmare world of the genre with the sunny unreality of American popular culture, presenting a fresh view of its meaning for our time.
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Add this copy of Somewhere in the Night to cart. $4.43, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Free Press.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 1st Printing. Very good, no markings, no bookplate. Slight dust soiling to outer edges of text block. In very good dust jacket with some scuffing. No jacket chips. 1/2" tear and crease at top of spine. Not price-clipped.
Add this copy of Somewhere in the Night: Film Nior and the American City to cart. $14.50, very good condition, Sold by Old Book Shop of Bordentown rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bordentown, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by The Free Press.
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Near Fine in very good jacket. First printing. Hardcover. xiii+ 290 pp. with source list, selected filmography. Generally fine (rem. stripe bot. edge of the text block) in very good dust jacket. Noted novelisyt and poet Nicholas Christopher explores the cultiral indentity of film noir in this seamless, elegant work of literary prose. Examining virtually the entire catalogue of the genre, he indentifies the central motif as the urban labyrinth, a place infested with phychoisis, aniety, a nd existential dread. He further show ow technical devices such as lighting, voice over, musical score, and editing tempo were deployed to create the film noir world.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Size: 6x1x10; Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, xiii + 290 pages, black and gray boards. A fine, clean, neat hard cover with little shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, paper cream white. In a fine, lightly worn dust jacket with the original price present.
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New York. 1997. March 1997. Free Press. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0684828030. 290 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Tom Stvan. keywords: Film Noir History America. FROM THE PUBLISHER-Starting with the classic Out of the Past, Christopher takes us on the grand tour of the great film noirs. With style and humor, he identifies the genre's central motif-‘The city as labyrinth is key to entering the psychological and aesthetic framework of the film noir'-and goes on to analyze more than three hundred films from 1940 to the present. Imbuing the language of film with the lyricism so praised in his novels, Christopher draws from his vast knowledge of literature to explore the genre's numerous influences. (Although it was a French critic who coined the term ‘film noir, ' Christopher argues that Americans had been shooting films in the genre years even before the term was invented. ) Citing cultural, social, and historical influences from all over the world, he effortlessly guides us through the labyrinth. inventory #23388.
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Add this copy of Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City to cart. $18.59, good condition, Sold by Hollywood Canteen rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Toronto, ON, CANADA, published 1998 by Owl.
