Dark City: The Film Noir

The most complete reference to the dark 40s and 50s stylistic dramas. The first section has a lengthy analytical essay as well as detailed plot descriptions and credits for 25 classics—such as The Maltese Falcon, Laura, and Detective Story. The second section is an annotated filmography including major credits and short descriptions of nearly 500 films. Also included are appendices listing every film noir by both director and chronological order, off-genre noirs, and other films bearing important relationships to the noir cycle.

Selby, Spencer

Reference

McFarland

The most complete reference to the dark 40s and 50s stylistic dramas (twice the coverage of competition). The first section has a lengthy analytical essay as well as detailed plot descriptions and credits for 25 classics-such as The Maltese Falcon, Laura, and Detective Story. The second section is an annotated filmography including major credits and short descriptions on nearly 500 films. Also included are appendices listing every film noir by both director and chronological order, off-genre noirs, and other films bearing important relationships to the noir cycle.

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

McFarland Publishing

House of Before

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Potes & Poets Press

Sound Off

Detour Press

Malleable Cast

Generator Press

Barricade

Paradigm Press

Instar

Sink Press

What started as a handful of American crime movies celebrated by French critics after World War II has grown to become the most resonant and enigmatic of all film categories. Since film noir is not a clear-cut, predefined genre like the western or musical, the term has always been open to confusion and dispute. For decades the cultural influence of noir has been expanding. There are now over a hundred books on the subject, numerous guides and reference works. But nothing in print is comprehensive or even close to inclusive of all classic films that deserve to be called noir. The Worldwide Film Noir Tradition is the most far-reaching and definitive reference to classic noir ever produced. The book includes the following: documentation of nearly 1600 films from 30 countries ~ the most complete listing of American noirs in print ~ the most complete, definitive listing of British noirs ~ the most complete listing of French noirs anywhere ~ the most complete listing of classic noirs from other countries around the world ~ American canon of 250 films, plus identification of the top masterworks from America, Britain and France ~ montage of the history of film noir literature ~ 250 still images from the films, most never before seen in print. This unique, unprecedented work distills a lifetime of study and research by film historian Spencer Selby, whose first book on the subject played a significant role in establishing the baseline parameters of American film noir 30 years ago.

The Worldwide Film Noir Tradition: The Complete Reference to Classic Dark Cinema from America, Britain, France and Other Countries Across the Globe

Poetry. Thougtful new wriitng from the author of many books of poetry, including, recently, NO ISLAND (Drogue Press) and MALLEABLE CAST (Generator). A series of letters written / but never sent / Art of discovering / that money grows on trees / that are absent // Technology created by a man / who couldn't decide / where to sit / a man who tries to be / what no one else thinks / they will ever get (EX MACHINA). Long an important member of the Bay Area writing community, Spencer Selby has been the curator of the Canessa Park Reading Series in San Francisco and is the compiler of the well-known and invaluable list of poetry magazines to be found on the Electronic Poetry Center on the Web.

The Big R

Angle Press

Problem Pictures

Sink Pr

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