The philosophy of neo-noir /
Film noir--a cycle of American films from the 1940s and '50s--is characterized not only by a constant opposition of light and shadow and a disruptive compositional balance of frames and scenes, but also by dark, foreboding characters and plots and an overriding sense of alienation and moral amb...
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| Формат: | Licensed eBooks |
| Язык: | английский |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2007.
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| Серии: | Philosophy of popular culture.
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| Online-ссылка: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt2jcts3 |
| Итог: | Film noir--a cycle of American films from the 1940s and '50s--is characterized not only by a constant opposition of light and shadow and a disruptive compositional balance of frames and scenes, but also by dark, foreboding characters and plots and an overriding sense of alienation and moral ambiguity. Noir films reflect the sense of loss, fragmentation, and nihilism at the heart of the human condition in the twentieth century. Although the classic film noir period ended in the late 1950s, its impact on more films has been profound. While typically not black and white, these new films incorpor. |
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| Объем: | 1 online resource (vii, 213 pages). |
| Формат: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813172306 9780813172309 1282976273 9781282976276 9780813137179 0813137179 9780813192178 081319217X 9780813124223 0813124220 9780813191812 0813191815 |