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- ISBN: 9781595800060 | 1595800069
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/28/2005
Film buffs explore the world of noir cinema in a Los Angeles context with this guide to noir films and their California settings. This book illustrates how these films use L.A.'s diverse cityscape and architecture to convey a unique vision of urban corruption and existential fatalism, in both the gritty downtown area and the outlying affluent communities like Malibu and Beverly Hills. Dozens of noir and neo-noir films are featured including classics such asDouble Indemnity,Kiss Me Deadly,Sunset Boulevard, andTouch of Eviland more recent films such asMulholland DriveandPulp Fiction. More than 150 photographsmany never before publishedfurther illustrate the rich and constantly changing backdrop of these movies.