Film Noir and the Spaces of Modernity / Edward Dimendberg.
2004
PN1995.9.F54 D56 2004
Linked e-resources
Linked Resource
Online Access
Details
Title
Film Noir and the Spaces of Modernity / Edward Dimendberg.
Author
Dimendberg, Edward, author.
ISBN
9780674261587
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2004]
Copyright
©2004
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (352 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.4159/9780674261587 doi
Call Number
PN1995.9.F54 D56 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.43/6552
Summary
Film noir remains one of the most enduring legacies of 1940s and '50s Hollywood. Populated by double-crossing, unsavory characters, this pioneering film style explored a shadow side of American life during a period of tremendous prosperity and optimism. Edward Dimendberg compellingly demonstrates how film noir is preoccupied with modernity--particularly the urban landscape. The originality of Dimendberg's approach lies in his examining these films in tandem with historical developments in architecture, city planning, and modern communications systems. He confirms that noir is not simply a reflection of modernity but a virtual continuation of the spaces of the metropolis. He convincingly shows that Hollywood's dark thrillers of the postwar decades were determined by the same forces that shaped the city itself. Exploring classic examples of film noir such as The Asphalt Jungle, Double Indemnity, Kiss Me Deadly, and The Naked City alongside many lesser-known works, Dimendberg masterfully interweaves film history and urban history while perceptively analyzing works by Raymond Chandler, Edward Hopper, Siegfried Kracauer, and Henri Lefebvre. A bold intervention in cultural studies and a major contribution to film history, Film Noir and the Spaces of Modernity will provoke debate by cinema scholars, urban historians, and students of modern culture--and will captivate admirers of a vital period in American cinema.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
System Details Note
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)
Linked Resources
Online Access
Record Appears in
Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
All Resources
Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Acknowledgments
Contents
Introduction
1 Naked cities
2 Centripetal space
3 Walking cures
4 Centrifugal space The
5 Simultaneity, the media environment, and the end of Film Noir
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
Contents
Introduction
1 Naked cities
2 Centripetal space
3 Walking cures
4 Centrifugal space The
5 Simultaneity, the media environment, and the end of Film Noir
Notes
Index