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- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780312180768
- Book Title
- Dark City : the Lost World of Film Noir
- Item Length
- 7.9 in
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Edition
- 2
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- Performing Arts
- Topic
- Film / Genres / Crime, Film / History & Criticism
- Item Width
- 10 in
- Item Weight
- 25 oz
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
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Welcome to Dark City , urban landscape of the imagination. A place where the men and women who created film noir often find themselves dangling from the same sinister heights as the silver-screen avatars to whom they gave life. Eddie Muller, who led readers on a guided tour of the seamier side of motion pictures in Grindhouse: The Forbidden World of 'Adults Only' Cinema , now takes us on a spellbinding trip through treacherous terrain: Hollywood in the post-World War II years, when art, politics, scandal, style--and brilliant craftsmanship--produced a new approach to moviemaking, and a new type of cultural mythology. Dark City is a 1999 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Critical / Biographical Work.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0312180764
ISBN-13
9780312180768
eBay Product ID (ePID)
349310
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dark City : the Lost World of Film Noir
Edition
2
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Film / Genres / Crime, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year
1998
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Performing Arts
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Width
10 in
Item Weight
25 oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Pn1995.9.F54m86 1998
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Reviews
This ultimate companion to gritty black-and-white postwar classics reveals that the dark stars led desperate, nefarious lives both on-screen and off., "The best book ever written on film noir."--Mystery Scene "Eddie Muller seriously takes film noir not too seriously-just the right mix, and with great stills."--Paul Schrader "Dark City is a thoroughly enjoyable companion to the unique, sometimes twisted pleasures of film noir, from acknowledged classics like Out of the Past to lesser-known gems like Born to Kill and The Chase. In a genre where some see mostly fatalism and social critique, Eddie Muller also finds humor, eroticism, and the unfettered inventiveness of an extraordinary generation of directors and actors."--Geoffrey O'Brien, author of The Phantom Empire "This ultimate companion to gritty black-and-white postwar classics reveals that the dark stars led desperate, nefarious lives both on-screen and off."--Details "Even if you aren't a film buff, you'll probably find Dark City compelling. . . . Muller's plot summaries and insider accoutns of moviemaking are fitting companions to the brooding images that accompany them."--the Washington Post "A pictorial anthology on the American existentialist crime movie . . . rich in background anecdotes and the argot of the genre."--San Francisco Examiner "Dig it: Eddie Muller's Dark City is a righteous, rip-snorting riff on the ultimate cinematic genre--film noir. This book displays a salutary knowledge of the underpinnings of the genre; serves as a fabulous reference book; and most importantly, dishes the real life dirt on the freaks, geeks, commies, nymphos, hopheads, has-beens, red-baiters, and all-purpose fiends who made this genre great."--James Ellroy, "The best book ever written on film noir."-- Mystery Scene "Eddie Muller seriously takes film noir not too seriously-just the right mix, and with great stills."--Paul Schrader " Dark City is a thoroughly enjoyable companion to the unique, sometimes twisted pleasures of film noir, from acknowledged classics like Out of the Past to lesser-known gems like Born to Kill and The Chase . In a genre where some see mostly fatalism and social critique, Eddie Muller also finds humor, eroticism, and the unfettered inventiveness of an extraordinary generation of directors and actors."--Geoffrey O'Brien, author of The Phantom Empire "This ultimate companion to gritty black-and-white postwar classics reveals that the dark stars led desperate, nefarious lives both on-screen and off."-- Details "Even if you aren't a film buff, you'll probably find Dark City compelling. . . . Muller's plot summaries and insider accoutns of moviemaking are fitting companions to the brooding images that accompany them."--the Washington Post "A pictorial anthology on the American existentialist crime movie . . . rich in background anecdotes and the argot of the genre."-- San Francisco Examiner "Dig it: Eddie Muller's Dark City is a righteous, rip-snorting riff on the ultimate cinematic genre--film noir. This book displays a salutary knowledge of the underpinnings of the genre; serves as a fabulous reference book; and most importantly, dishes the real life dirt on the freaks, geeks, commies, nymphos, hopheads, has-beens, red-baiters, and all-purpose fiends who made this genre great."--James Ellroy, Even if you aren't a film buff, you'll probably find Dark City compelling. . . . Muller's plot summaries and insider accoutns of moviemaking are fitting companions to the brooding images that accompany them., A pictorial anthology on the American existentialist crime movie . . . rich in background anecdotes and the argot of the genre., "The best book ever written on film noir."-- Mystery Scene "Eddie Muller seriously takes film noir not too seriouslyjust the right mix, and with great stills."--Paul Schrader " Dark City is a thoroughly enjoyable companion to the unique, sometimes twisted pleasures of film noir, from acknowledged classics like Out of the Past to lesser-known gems like Born to Kill and The Chase . In a genre where some see mostly fatalism and social critique, Eddie Muller also finds humor, eroticism, and the unfettered inventiveness of an extraordinary generation of directors and actors."--Geoffrey O'Brien, author of The Phantom Empire "This ultimate companion to gritty black-and-white postwar classics reveals that the dark stars led desperate, nefarious lives both on-screen and off."-- Details "Even if you aren't a film buff, you'll probably find Dark City compelling. . . . Muller's plot summaries and insider accoutns of moviemaking are fitting companions to the brooding images that accompany them."--the Washington Post "A pictorial anthology on the American existentialist crime movie . . . rich in background anecdotes and the argot of the genre."-- San Francisco Examiner "Dig it: Eddie Muller's Dark City is a righteous, rip-snorting riff on the ultimate cinematic genre--film noir. This book displays a salutary knowledge of the underpinnings of the genre; serves as a fabulous reference book; and most importantly, dishes the real life dirt on the freaks, geeks, commies, nymphos, hopheads, has-beens, red-baiters, and all-purpose fiends who made this genre great."--James Ellroy, "The best book ever written on film noir." -- Mystery Scene "Eddie Muller seriously takes film noir not too seriously--just the right mix, and with great stills." -- Paul Schrader " Dark City is a thoroughly enjoyable companion to the unique, sometimes twisted pleasures of film noir, from acknowledged classics like Out of the Past to lesser-known gems like Born to Kill and The Chase . In a genre where some see mostly fatalism and social critique, Eddie Muller also finds humor, eroticism, and the unfettered inventiveness of an extraordinary generation of directors and actors." -- Geoffrey O'Brien, author of The Phantom Empire "This ultimate companion to gritty black-and-white postwar classics reveals that the dark stars led desperate, nefarious lives both on-screen and off." -- Details "Even if you aren't a film buff, you'll probably find Dark City compelling. . . . Muller's plot summaries and insider accoutns of moviemaking are fitting companions to the brooding images that accompany them." -- the Washington Post "A pictorial anthology on the American existentialist crime movie . . . rich in background anecdotes and the argot of the genre." -- San Francisco Examiner "Dig it: Eddie Muller's Dark City is a righteous, rip-snorting riff on the ultimate cinematic genre--film noir. This book displays a salutary knowledge of the underpinnings of the genre; serves as a fabulous reference book; and most importantly, dishes the real life dirt on the freaks, geeks, commies, nymphos, hopheads, has-beens, red-baiters, and all-purpose fiends who made this genre great." -- James Ellroy, Dig it: Eddie Muller's Dark City is a righteous, rip-snorting riff on the ultimate cinematic genre--film noir. This book displays a salutary knowledge of the underpinnings of the genre; serves as a fabulous reference book; and most importantly, dishes the real life dirt on the freaks, geeks, commies, nymphos, hopheads, has-beens, red-baiters, and all-purpose fiends who made this genre great., Dark City is a thoroughly enjoyable companion to the unique, sometimes twisted pleasures of film noir, from acknowledged classics like Out of the Past to lesser-known gems like Born to Kill and The Chase . In a genre where some see mostly fatalism and social critique, Eddie Muller also finds humor, eroticism, and the unfettered inventiveness of an extraordinary generation of directors and actors., Eddie Muller Seriously Takes Film Noir Not Too Seriously--Just the Right Mix, and with Great Stills.
Lccn
98-005677
Dewey Decimal
791.4/3655
Dewey Edition
21
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