About the book: Dark metropolitan settings, conspiracy, betrayal, obsessed love and lonely, fatalistic heroes in stories that rarely have a happy ending: The genre of film noir is not exactly known for feel-good movies, but is still as popular today as it was during its heyday around 70 years ago. All the classics of the "Black Series," their themes, archetypes and special features in this richly illustrated volume.
Biography: Alain Silver is a film producer, critic and historian and author of 20 books, including The Noir Style, LA Noir and the Film Noir Reader series as well as TASCHEN's Movie Icons volumes on Steve McQueen, Frank Sinatra and Katharine Hepburn. He has written DVD commentaries for several film noir classics. Silver studied film production and critical studies at UCLA and is a member of several US film associations.
James Ursini wrote eleven books together with Silver, including the Film Noir Reader series, wrote articles for film magazines, DVD commentaries and taught at colleges in Los Angeles.
Jürgen Müller holds the chair for Medieval and Modern Art History at the TU Dresden, has published on art and film history topics and is the editor of the decade film book series at TASCHEN.
Paul Duncan is a film historian and has published numerous works with TASCHEN, including The Star Wars Archives, The James Bond Archives, Film Noir, Horror Cinema and books on directors, genres and film stars.
Pages: 648
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EDITOR: Alain Silver
James Ursini
Jürgen Müller
Paul Duncan
First publication: 25/08/2017
Language of the book: German
Edition: D
ISBN: 978-3-8365-6166-2
Themes: Film and Pop Culture
Dimensions: 14.0 cm x 19.5 cm, Weight 1.26 kg
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- Article Number 978-3-8365-6166-2
- Dimensions W 14cm x D 1cm x H 20cm
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