Los Angeles has always been as much a star in film noir as any actor, be it Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner or Jack Nicholson. In L.A. Noir The City as Character renowned film historians Alain Silver and James Ursini explore the world of noir cinema in the context of Los Angeles. The book features dozens of noir and neonoir landmark films from Double Indemnity, Criss Cross, Sunset Boulevard, Gun Crazy, The Big Heat, Kiss Me Deadly, and Touch of Evil in the classic period (19401960) to such neonoir notables as Chinatown, L.A. Confidential, Mulholland Drive, and Pulp Fiction.L.A. Noir illustrates how these noir films use L.A.s diverse cityscape and architecture to convey a unique vision of urban corruption and existential fatalism, not only in the everchanging, chaotic downtown of Bunker Hill, Main Street, and Chinatown, but in its affluent coastal communities (Santa Monica, Malibu) as well as its deceptively sunny suburbs (South Bay, San Fernando Valley). The authors deftly analyze the key films of noir while integrating them into the geography and history of this "dark city" which became such an important icon of noir literature and film.L.A. Noir is profusely illustrated with approximately 150 photographsmany of them appearing in print for the very first timeincluding production stills from the movies discussed, archival photos of the locations from the films and new photographs of the locations today, chronicling the everchanging cityscape...

Binding: Paperback;176 pages; Publisher: Santa Monica Press; Classification: APF; Weight: 700 g; Dimensions: 213 x 280 x 12

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