Film Soleil |
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Author:
| Holm, D. K. |
Series title: | Pocket Essential Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-904048-50-3 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2005 |
Publisher: | Oldcastle Books, Limited
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $8.95 |
Book Description:
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Guide to the modern reconfiguration of film noir,featuring films like Sexy Beast, Reservoir Dogs,and Blood Simple. If film noir is a genre of,mid-century black and white urban crime thrillers,populated by mysterious women and tortured,hardbitten P.I.s, a world of dark corners, back,alleys, trenchcoats and shadows, then film soleil,is an adaptation for late-century tastes, using as,its most common setting sun-beaten highways,cutting mercilessly through the desert, its women,in cowboy...
More DescriptionGuide to the modern reconfiguration of film noir,featuring films like Sexy Beast, Reservoir Dogs,and Blood Simple. If film noir is a genre of,mid-century black and white urban crime thrillers,populated by mysterious women and tortured,hardbitten P.I.s, a world of dark corners, back,alleys, trenchcoats and shadows, then film soleil,is an adaptation for late-century tastes, using as,its most common setting sun-beaten highways,cutting mercilessly through the desert, its women,in cowboy boots and its men deranged by their,biological drives.