Film Noir

Author:   James Ursini ,  Alain Silver ,  Paul Duncan ,  Jurgen Muller
Publisher:   Taschen
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9783836588423


Pages:   648
Publication Date:   15 March 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Assurance sur la mort, En quatrieme vitesse ou Le Grand sommeil... deambulez a travers un univers cinematographique a l'elegance sombre et inquietante grace a ce guide essentiel sur le film noir. Du detective prive aux flics corrompus, en passant par les crimes parfaits et les affaires maudites, les editeurs Paul Duncan et Jurgen Muller explorent les themes cles du genre et ses productions les plus representatives sorties entre 1940 et 1960. Richement illustre d'images de film et d'affiches originales, cet ouvrage se penche, au fil des pages, sur les mises en scenes les plus magistrales et analyse les scenarios modeles d'un genre mysterieux, envoutant et varie. Pour satisfaire encore plus votre appetit de cinephile, le livre se clot par la liste des 50 plus grands films noirs selon TASCHEN. Avec son lot d'heroines enigmatiques, de gangsters aux abois et de tueurs psychopathes dont l'ombre fascinante continue de planer sur le cinema, voici le guide indispensable pour les specialistes comme les amateurs du genre noir.

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Author:   James Ursini ,  Alain Silver ,  Paul Duncan ,  Jurgen Muller
Publisher:   Taschen
Imprint:   Taschen
ISBN:  

9783836588423


ISBN 10:   3836588420
Pages:   648
Publication Date:   15 March 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Language:   French

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James Ursini has co-written eleven books with Alain Silver, including their Film Noir Reader series, which established them as two of the foremost authorities on film noir. Ursini has also written for various film magazines and supplied the commentary for numerous classic film noir DVDs. He has a doctorate in motion pictures studies and lectures on filmmaking in the Los Angeles area. Film producer, critic and historian Alain Silver is the author of 20 books on cinematic topics, including The Noir Style, LA Noir, the Film Noir Reader series, and Steve McQueen, Frank Sinatra, and Katharine Hepburn for TASCHEN's Icon Series. His audio commentaries on classic film noir DVDs include Call Northside 777 and Double Indemnity. A member of the Directors Guild of America, the Screen Actors Guild, and the Writers Guild of America, he graduated from UCLA with degrees in film production and critical studies. Paul Duncan is a film historian whose TASCHEN books include The James Bond Archives, The Charlie Chaplin Archives, The Godfather Family Album, Taxi Driver, Film Noir, and Horror Cinema, as well as publications on film directors, film genres, movie stars, and film posters. Jurgen Muller holds the chair of Early Modern and Modern Art History at the Technical University of Dresden. He studied art history at the universities of Bochum, Mu nster, Pisa, Paris and Amsterdam, and has worked as an art critic and curated numerous exhibitions. He is also the editor of TASCHEN's movies by decade series.

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