L.A. Noir: Nine Dark Visions of the City of Angels

by William Hare

Book Overview

Los Angeles is an ideal city for film noir for both economic and aesthetic reasons. The largest metropolitan area in the country, home to an ever-changing population of the disillusioned and in close proximity to city, mountains, ocean, and desert, the City of Angels became a center of American film noir.

This detailed discussion of nine films explores such topics as why certain settings are appropriate for film noir, why L.A. has been...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786437405
• ISBN13: 9780786437405
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher