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Noir, Now and Then Film Noir Originals and Remakes (1944-1999)
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Ronald Schwartz
Book Code: GM0893
ISBN: 0-313-30893-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30893-2
232 pages, photo
Greenwood Press
Publication: 6/30/2001
List Price: $131.95 (UK Sterling Price: £75.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture
Series Number: 72
Reviews:
  • ...recommended for basic cinema collections serving lower/upper-division undergraduates.
    —Choice     February 2002
Description: This examniation of the cinematic style of film noir originals and their neo-noir remakes compares thirty-five films, beginning with Billy Wilder's classic Double Indemnity and concluding with Jim McBride's Breathless. In-depth analysis of the films explain the qualities and characteristics of film noir, while providing critical readings of both the originals and the remakes. The most significant films since 1944 are reviewed and reveal the ever-changing values in American society. As this study reveals, the noir style significantly impacted American film and neo-noir remakes attest to its continued popularity in cinematic art. This work will appeal to film scholars and to fans of film noir. Filmogrpahies and video information follow each chapter. Appendices briefly explain the roots of many noir films discussed in the text along with their subsequent remakes.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Films
  • Double Indemnity 1944, 1973 (TV), and Body Heat 1981
  • Murder, My Sweet 1944 and Farewell, My Lovely 1975
  • Detour 1945 and Detour 1992
  • The Big Sleep 1945, 1946 and The Big Sleep 1978
  • Notorious 1946 and Notorious 1992 (TV)
  • The Postman Always Ring Twice 1946 and 1981
  • The Killers 1946 and The Killers 1964
  • Somewhere in the Night 1946 and The Crooked Way 1949
  • Body and Soul 1947, 1981 and 1998 (TV)
  • Dark Passage 1947 and Johnny Handsome 1987
  • Kiss Death 1947, The Fiend Who Walked the West 1958, and Kiss of Death 1995
  • Out of the Past 1947 and Against All Odds 1984
  • Ride the Pink Horse 1947 and The Hanged Man 1964 (TV)
  • The Big Clock 1948 and No Way Out 1987
  • They Live By Night 1948 and Thieves Like Us 1974
  • Criss Cross 1949 and The Underneath 1995
  • Gun Crazy 1949 and Guncrazy 1992
  • House of Strangers 1949 and Broken Lance 1954
  • The Asphalt Jungle 1950, Badlanders 1958, Cairo 1963, and Cool Breeze 1972
  • D.O.A. 1950, Color Me Dead 1969, and D.O.A. 1988
  • Night and the City 1950 and Night and the City 1992
  • No Man of Her Own 1950, I Married a Shadow 1982, While You Were Sleeping 1995, and Mrs. Winterbourne 1996
  • The Prowler 1951 and Unlawful Entry 1992
  • Narrow Margin 1952 and Narrow Margin 1990
  • The Blue Gardenia 1953 and The Morning After 1986
  • Inferno 1953 and Ordeal 1973 (TV)
  • I, The Jury 1953 and I, The Jury 1982
  • Rear Window 1954 and Rear Window 1998 (TV)
  • Les Diaboliques 1955, Reflections of Murder 1974 (TV), House of Secrets 1993 (TV) and Diabolique 1996
  • The Desperate Hours 1955 and Desperate Hours 1990
  • Night of the Junter 1955 and Night of the Hinter 1991 (TV)
  • A Kiss Before Dying 1956 and A Kiss Before Dying 1991
  • Ransom 1956 and Ransom 1996
  • Vertigo 1958 and Mirage 1995
  • A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) 1960 and Breathless 1983
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
LC Card Number: 00-049505
LCC Class: PN1995
Dewey Class: 791
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