This text identifies a handful of plot elements that consistently recur within film noir and analyses in depth the memorable pictures that, while being vivid pr

(Limelight). This bountiful anthology combines all the key early writings on film noir with many newer essays, including some published here for the first time.

In the wake of the remarkable success of Film Noir Reader, this new collection further explores a genre of limitless fascination -- and one that continues to in

This first book published on film noir established the genre--a classic, at last in translation.

"Supplies the first study of film noir that achieves the sort of intellectual seriousness, depth of research, degree of critical insight, and level of writing t