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Film Noir and the
Cinema of Paranoia
Price: $24.95
Author:
Wheeler Winston Dixon
Subject: Film and Media, American
Studies
Paper ISBN: 978-0-8135-4521-9
Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8135-4520-2
Pages: 192 pages
Publication Date: April 2009
Praise for Film Noir and the Cinema
of Paranoia
“Displays a true
cinephile’s fascination with the gunslingers and femmes fatales
of film noir, and the dark, uneasy world they inhabit. Wide-ranging and
packed
with compelling detail, this work will be an invaluable addition to the
bookshelves of
fans, academics, and completists alike.”—Mikita Brottman, Pacifica
Graduate Institute
Description:
Noir. A shadow looms. The blow, a
sharp surprise. Waking and sleeping, the fear is with us and cannot be
contained. Paranoia.
Wheeler Winston Dixon’s comprehensive work engages readers in an
overview of noir and fatalist film from the mid-twentieth century to
the present, ending with a discussion of television, the Internet, and
dominant commercial cinema. Beginning with the 1940s classics, Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia
moves to the “Red Scare” and other ominous expressions of the 1950s
that contradicted an American split-level dream of safety and security.
The dark cinema of the 1960s hosted films that reflected the tensions
of a society facing a new and, to some, menacing era of social
expression. From smaller studio work to the vibrating pulse of today’s
“click and kill” video games, Dixon boldly addresses the noir artistry
that keeps audiences in an ever-consumptive stupor.
About the Authors:
Wheeler
Winston Dixon is the James Ryan Endowed Professor of Film
Studies at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is the author and
editor of numerous books, including A
Short History of Film (Rutgers University Press).
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