Film Noir - Alain Silver, James Ursini, Paul Duncan, Jürgen Müller, TASCHEN

Whether it’s&amp,nbsp,Double Indemnity,&amp,nbsp,Kiss Me Deadly, or&amp,nbsp,The Big Sleep, roam a screen world of&amp,nbsp,dark and brooding elegance&amp,nbsp,with this essential handbook to&amp,nbsp,Film Noir. From private eyes and perfect crimes to corrupt cops and doomed affairs, editors Paul Duncan and Jürgen Müller examine&amp,nbsp,noir’s key themes&amp,nbsp,and their most representative movies from 1940 to 1960.Copiously illustrated with film stills as well as&amp,nbsp,original posters, this book offers page after page of noir’smasterful visual compositions&amp,nbsp,while exploring the narrative paradigms&amp,nbsp,of this cryptic, compelling, and evolving genre. If that weren’t enough to tickle your cinematic appetite, the volume concludes with&amp,nbsp,TASCHEN’s top 50 pick of noir classics.Brimming with the&amp,nbsp,enigmatic dames, desperate gangsters, and psycho killers&amp,nbsp,that continue to cast a long and captivating shadow over cinema, this is a&amp,nbsp,must-have handbook for noir aficionados and amateurs alike.