{"product_id":"9781683302490","title":"LIFE Film Noir: 75 Years of the Greatest Crime Films","description":"By incorporating and transforming foreign influences, film noir became a uniquely American art form. Though it was overlooked at first, this powerful genre would give Humphrey Bogart and Robert Mitchum career-defining roles, fuel Joan Crawford’s middle-age comeback, and set the stage for the work of Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino. Noir illuminated the dark side of the American dream, but despite its characteristic bleakness, these films are somehow always fun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFilm Noir: 75 Years of the Greatest Crime Films\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e revisits 20 of the genre’s best, from the first noir \u003ci\u003eThe Maltese Falcon\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eL.A. Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e. We commence by delving into “Classic Noir,” films released between 1941 and 1958 with their angular chiaroscuro and Teutonic angst combined with the influence of pup and hard-boiled crime fiction. Stunning photography walks us through \u003ci\u003eShadow of a Doubt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDouble Indemnity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLaura\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMildred Pierce\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOut of the Past\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Third Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn a Lonely Place\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNiagara\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Night of the Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTouch of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e and more. Next in our “Neo Noir” section, you will see the transformation of noir from 1967 onward with films like \u003ci\u003eBonnie and Clyde\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDirty Harry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChinatown\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTaxi Driver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBody Heat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlood Simple\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlue Velvet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePulp Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and more. Articles about how the genre was born, tabloids and film noir, offscreen noir, and what factors lead film back to black punctuate these spreads. Enter the cinematic world of “doom, fate, fear, and betrayal,” as beloved film critic Roger Ebert said, with \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFilm Noir: 75 Years of the Greatest Crime Films\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.","brand":"Jeffery Sims","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182712406256,"sku":"9781683302490","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781683302490_p0.jpg?v=1763700268","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781683302490","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}