Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir - Grant John
Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir - Grant John Featuring rumpled PIs shyster lawyers corrupt politicians double-crossers femmes fatales and of course losers who find themselves down on their…
Specifikacia Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir - Grant John
Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir - Grant John
Featuring rumpled PIs shyster lawyers corrupt politicians double-crossers femmes fatales and of course losers who find themselves down on their luck yet again film noir is a perennially popular cinematic genre. Entries are arranged alphabetically covering movies from all over the world from every continent save Antarctica with briefer details provided for several hundred additional movies within those entries. This extensive encyclopedia describes movies from noir's earliest days and even before looking at some of noir's ancestors in US and European cinema as well as noir's more recent offshoots from neonoirs to erotic thrillers.
With coverage of blockbusters and program fillers from Going Straight (US 1916) to Broken City (US 2013) via Nora Inu (Japan 1949) O Anthropos tou Trainou A copious appendix contains filmographies of prominent directors actors and writers.