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The Red and the Black: American Film Noir in the 1950s
Robert Miklitsch
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Description for The Red and the Black: American Film Noir in the 1950s
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APFA; APFN; APFX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 256 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
Critical wisdom has it that we said a long goodbye to film noir in the 1950s. Robert Miklitsch begs to differ. Pursuing leads down the back streets and alleyways of cultural history, The Red and the Black proposes that the received rise-and-fall narrative about the genre radically undervalues the formal and thematic complexity of '50s noir and the dynamic segue it effected between the spectacular expressionism of '40s noir and early, modernist neo-noir. Mixing scholarship with a fan's devotion to the crooked roads of critique, Miklitsch autopsies marquee films like D.O.A., Niagara, and Kiss Me Deadly plus a number of ... Read more
Critical wisdom has it that we said a long goodbye to film noir in the 1950s. Robert Miklitsch begs to differ. Pursuing leads down the back streets and alleyways of cultural history, The Red and the Black proposes that the received rise-and-fall narrative about the genre radically undervalues the formal and thematic complexity of '50s noir and the dynamic segue it effected between the spectacular expressionism of '40s noir and early, modernist neo-noir. Mixing scholarship with a fan's devotion to the crooked roads of critique, Miklitsch autopsies marquee films like D.O.A., Niagara, and Kiss Me Deadly plus a number of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
477g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252082191
SKU
V9780252082191
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About Robert Miklitsch
Robert Miklitsch is a professor in the department of English language and literature at Ohio University. He is the editor of Kiss the Blood Off My Hands: On Classic Film Noir.
Reviews for The Red and the Black: American Film Noir in the 1950s
An interesting piece of work that highlights a commonly neglected period of American film noir.
Pop Culture Shelf Miklitsch's extended mediation on 1950s noir will entertain and intrigue both film scholars and movie fans.
Journal of American Culture Highly Recommended.
Choice Possesses the potential to alter the entire field. An ... Read more
Pop Culture Shelf Miklitsch's extended mediation on 1950s noir will entertain and intrigue both film scholars and movie fans.
Journal of American Culture Highly Recommended.
Choice Possesses the potential to alter the entire field. An ... Read more