Dimendberg, Edward.

Film noir and the spaces of modernity [electronic resource] / Edward Dimendberg. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004. - x, 327 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Naked cities -- Centripetal space -- Walking cures -- Centrifugal sp ace -- Simultaneity, the media environment, and the end of film noir.

Exploring classic examples of film noir such as 'The Asphalt Jungle' , 'Double Indemnity' and 'Kiss Me Deadly', alongside many lesser-known works, Dimendberg masterfully interweaves film history and urban histor y while perceptively analyzing works by Raymond Chandler, Edward Hopper and Siegfried Kracauer.


Electronic text and image data.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing,
2014.
Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text.
([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
Mode of a ccess: Intranet.


Film noir-- History and criticism.-- United States