Neo-noir

Neo-noir knows its past. It knows the rules of the game -- and how tobreak them. From Point Blank (1998) toOldboy (2003), from Get Carter (2000) to36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004), from Catherine Tramell to MaxPayne, neo-noir is a transnational global phenomenon. This wide-ranging collectionmaps out the terrain, combining genre, stylistic and textual analysis with Marxist,feminist, psychoanalytic and industrial approaches. Essays discuss works from theUS, UK, France, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and New Zealand; key figures, such asDavid Lynch, the Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino and Sharon Stone; majorconventions, such as the femme fatale, paranoia, anxiety, the city and the threat tothe self; and the use of sound and colour.