The Art of Noir The Posters and Graphics from the Classic Era of Film Noir

by Muller, Eddie

• ISBN13: 9781585670734
• ISBN10: 1585670731
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-09
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

r Film noir is about style as much as it is about crime, with poster art that features a bold look and iconography all its own - a sizzling marriage of sex and violence. This is the first book to present this striking artwork in a lavishly produced, large-format volume featuring 275 colour images of posters and other promotional material from the golden age of noir. Featuring such classics as Touch of Evil and The Big Sleep, noir expert Eddie Muller also provides background information on all of the illustrators.

Author Biography

Eddie Muller is the author of Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir and Dark City Dames: The Wicked Women of Film Noir. A noted film noir expert, he organizes and hosts the annual film noir festival at Los Angeles's premier film revival house, American Cinemateque, where he is the official programmer.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
Styles of the Hollywood System	p. 10
Noir Around the World	p. 30
Thematic and Iconographic Elements of Film Noir	p. 54
The Usual Suspects - Noir's Most Familiar Faces	p. 130
Prominent and Prolific Noir Writers	p. 188
Noir's Most Acclaimed (And Some Neglected) Directors	p. 224
Acknowledgments	p. 270
Poster Index	p. 271
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