Film Noir: From Berlin to Sin City

by Mark Bould

Film Noir explores the murky world of a genre responsible for many of film's most enduring images. Mark Bould discusses problems of definition and the often ambiguous nature of film noir and looks at modern films that could be called neo-noir. Iconic and enduring, film noir attracted great stars (Bogart, Bacall, Mitchum, Lancaster), many of the best directors of the era (Wilder, Lang, Preminger, Hawks, Siodmak, Welles) and this book is an indispensible guide to this popular genre.

Genres: Nonfiction, Film, Noir

144 pages, Paperback

First published December 7, 2005

Reviews

[Billy Shancey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Holy moses this thing is DENSE. There’s a lot of really good analysis in here and in-depth education on Film Noir, its history, themes, styles, influences, etc. But my god, this book slowed down my whole reading habit, each paragraph was tough and chewy.

P.s. is there no half stars on this website? I would go 2.5 but i guess I’m going the way of Chris Finke here.

[Jeff Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Indepth description of film noir. Excellent read.