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Dark City

The Lost World of Film Noir

by Eddie Muller
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This revised and expanded edition of Eddie Muller's Dark City is a film noir lover's bible, taking readers on a tour of the urban landscape of the grim and gritty genre in a definitive, highly illustrated volume.
Dark Cityexpands with new chapters and a fresh collection of restored photos that illustrate the mythic landscape of the imagination. It's a place where the men and women who created film noir often find themselves dangling from the same sinister heights as the silver-screen avatars to whom they gave life. Eddie Muller, host of Turner Classic Movies' Noir Alley, takes readers on a spellbinding trip through treacherous terrain: Hollywood in the post-World War II years, where art, politics, scandal, style — and brilliant craftsmanship — produced a new approach to moviemaking, and a new type of cultural mythology.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Turner Classic Movies

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 20, 2021

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9780762498963

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780762498963
      • File size: 96717 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from August 1, 2021

      "Czar of Noir" Muller (host of Turner Classic Movies Noir Alley and president of the Film Noir Foundation) splendidly updates his 1998 film history book with this classy, glossy edition. With florid descriptions ("she swipes a gun...and gives Pope six good reasons he should have promoted her husband") and deep knowledge of the genre, he takes readers on a tour of all the locales in "Dark City": Vixenville, where dames like Rita Hayworth and Ida Lupino lead men astray; the Psych Ward, where "vexed veterans are quarantined"; the Big House, where noir's leading men (and women) are doomed to enter and determined to break out; Hate Street, a rocky road of ruined relationships; and many more dark spots. Muller places film noir in historical perspective and livens up an already jumpin' tome with mini profiles of Dark City denizens such as Roberts Mitchum and Ryan, screenwriter Ben Hecht, Hitchcock producer Joan Harrison, and Lizabeth Scott, dubbed "the Threat" by studio flacks. He uncovers some secrets and reveals who named names during the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings. VERDICT With its extensive bibliography, index, lavish photos, and dozens of films ranging from the obscure to the well-known, this title will please newcomers to noir and hard-core fans who can't get enough of Muller's Noir Alley intros and outros.--Liz French, Library Journal

      Copyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Formats

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  • EPUB ebook

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  • English

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