{"product_id":"a-panorama-of-american-film-noir-1941-1953-9780872864122","title":"A Panorama of American Film Noir (1941-1953)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen it appeared in France in 1955, \u003cem\u003eA Panorama of American Film Noir\u003c\/em\u003e was the first book ever on the genre: this clairvoyant study of Hollywood film noir is at last available in English translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Panorama of American Film Noir\u003c\/em\u003e addresses the essential amorality of its subject from a decidedly Surrealist angle, focusing on noir's dreamlike, unwonted, erotic, ambivalent and cruel atmosphere, and setting it in the social context of mid-century America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with the first film noir, \u003cem\u003eThe Maltese Falcon\u003c\/em\u003e, and continuing through the post war \"glory days,\" which included such films as \u003cem\u003eGilda\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Big Sheep\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDark Passage\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Lady from Shanghai\u003c\/em\u003e, Borde and Chaumeton examine the dark sides of American society, film and literature that made film noir possible, even necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Panorama of American Film Noir\u003c\/em\u003e includes a film noir chronology, a voluminous filmography, a comprehensive index and a selection of black-and-white production stills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Incredibly, this is the first English translation of the very influential 1955 French book that initially identified, described and assessed the Hollywood movies that we now term film noir . . . a seminal work of cinema description and analysis and therefore an essential purchase for most libraries.\"--From the Starred Review in \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaymond Borde (1920 - 2004), founder of the Cinémathèque de Toulouse, wrote extensively on film history; among his short films is a study of the artist Pierre Molinier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEtienne Chaumeton was the film critic of the Toulouse newspaper \u003cem\u003eLa Dépêche \u003c\/em\u003euntil his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50846293262610,"sku":"9780872864122","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bc5affd6-2ab9-4716-a56e-dedaba2b5a0e.jpg?v=1737361823","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-panorama-of-american-film-noir-1941-1953-9780872864122","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}