TY - GEN T1 - The philosophy of neo-noir T2 - Philosophy of popular culture. A2 - Conard, Mark T., 1965- LA - English PP - Lexington, Ky. PB - University Press of Kentucky YR - 2007 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_ocm77065520 AB - 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. OP - 213 CN - PN1995.9.F54 P56 2007eb SN - 0813172306 SN - 9780813172309 SN - 1282976273 SN - 9781282976276 SN - 9780813137179 SN - 0813137179 SN - 9780813192178 SN - 081319217X SN - 9780813124223 SN - 0813124220 SN - 9780813191812 SN - 0813191815 KW - Film noir : United States : History and criticism. KW - Films noirs : États-Unis : Histoire et critique. KW - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : Reference. KW - PHILOSOPHY : General. KW - Film noir KW - United States KW - Philosophie KW - USA KW - dissertations. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - Academic theses. KW - Thèses et écrits académiques. KW - Electronic books. KW - Aufsatzsammlung. ER -