In this cultural examination of American film noir, poet and novelist Nicholas Christopher contrasts the nightmare world of the genre with the sunny unreality of American popular culture, presenting a fresh view of its meaning for our time.
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In this cultural examination of American film noir, poet and novelist Nicholas Christopher contrasts the nightmare world of the genre with the sunny unreality of American popular culture, presenting a fresh view of its meaning for our time.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 1st Printing. Very good, no markings, no bookplate. Slight dust soiling to outer edges of text block. In very good dust jacket with some scuffing. No jacket chips. 1/2" tear and crease at top of spine. Not price-clipped.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. AG3-A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Nicholas Christopher to previous owner on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges and corners, small tear on the front lower left side, some scattered scratches, rubbing, scuffing and dent, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, some wrinkling on the spine edges, some dent, scuffing and light stains on the page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.5", 290 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Very Good jacket. New York. 1997. March 1997. Free Press. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0684828030. 290 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Tom Stvan. keywords: Film Noir History America. DESCRIPTION-Starting with the classic Out of the Past, Christopher takes us on the grand tour of the great film noirs. With style and humor, he identifies the genre's central motif-‘The city as labyrinth is key to entering the psychological and aesthetic framework of the film noir'-and goes on to analyze more than three hundred films from 1940 to the present. Imbuing the language of film with the lyricism so praised in his novels, Christopher draws from his vast knowledge of literature to explore the genre's numerous influences. (Although it was a French critic who coined the term ‘film noir, ' Christopher argues that Americans had been shooting films in the genre years even before the term was invented. ) Citing cultural, social, and historical influences from all over the world, he effortlessly guides us through the labyrinth. inventory #23388.
