You know Film Noir when you see it: the shadowed setting; the cynical detective; the femme fatale; and the twist of fate.
It engages, entertains, and enlightens to show how the entire spectrum of classic movies, movie history, and movie-making touches us all and influences how we think and live today..
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Illustrated by hundreds of rare still photographs, Into the Dark conveys the mystery, glamour, and irony that make Film Noir surpassingly popular.
An Indiana exhibitor rates the classic Murder, My Sweet a passable program picture.
Bosley Crowther calls Joan Crawford in Possessed a ghost wailing for a demon lover beneath a waning moon.
Lauren Bacall says she enjoys playing a bad girl in To Have and Have Not .
Hedda Hopper reports on Citizen Kane , calling Orson Welles Little Orson Annie.
It also displays the wit and warmth of the genre\'s artists.
This volume recreates the environment that spawned Film noir.
You enter a story conference with Raymond Chandler, visit the set of Laura , and watch Detour with a Midwest audience.
Into the Dark is a ticket to a smoky, glamorous world.
Those voices tell how the genre was born and how it thrived in an industry devoted to sweetness and light.
For the first time, we hear the voices of Film Noir artists speak from the sets and offices of the studios, explaining the dark genre, even before it had a name.
Vieira quotes the artists who made these movies and the journalists and critics who wrote about them, taking readers on a year-by-year tour of the exciting nights when movies like Double Indemnity , Mildred Pierce , and Sunset Boulevard were sprung on an unsuspecting public.
Author Mark A.
Into the Dark is the first book to tell the story of Film Noir in its own voice.
Into the Dark captures this alluring genre with a cavalcade of compelling photographs and a guide to 82 of its best films.
You know Film Noir when you see it: the shadowed setting; the cynical detective; the femme fatale; and the twist of fate
