Spawn Neo Noir
Author: David Hine
Publisher: Spawn
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781582409818
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollect no. 170-175 of "Spawn, " including the "Legend of Gunslinger Spawn."
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Spawn
Author: David Hine
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781582408613
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSpawn has recreated the world, but it's not exactly the way it's supposed to be. Everything old is new again! With bonus behind-the-scenes extras fans can see the making of Spawn from thumbnail to final color. And the eight-page Christmas Spawn story from the Image Holiday Special.
American Film Noir Genres, Characters, and Settings
Author: Harold Hellwig
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2023-04-15
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 1666916528
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book, Harold Hellwig analyzes film noir, outlining the major genres which it includes: the city and the detective; science fiction, the Western; and comedy. Elements of American film noir and its contexts are evaluated within different adaptations in film and television.
Historical Dictionary of Film Noir
Author: Andrew Spicer
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2010-03-19
Total Pages: 533
ISBN-13: 0810873788
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFilm noir_literally 'black cinema'_is the label customarily given to a group of black and white American films, mostly crime thrillers, made between 1940 and 1959. Today there is considerable dispute about what are the shared features that classify a noir film, and therefore which films should be included in this category. These problems are partly caused because film noir is a retrospective label that was not used in the 1940s or 1950s by the film industry as a production category and therefore its existence and features cannot be established through reference to trade documents. The Historical Dictionary of Film Noir is a comprehensive guide that ranges from 1940 to present day neo-noir. It consists of a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, a filmography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on every aspect of film noir and neo-noir, including key films, personnel (actors, cinematographers, composers, directors, producers, set designers, and writers), themes, issues, influences, visual style, cycles of films (e.g. amnesiac noirs), the representation of the city and gender, other forms (comics/graphic novels, television, and videogames), and noir's presence in world cinema. It is an essential reference work for all those interested in this important cultural phenomenon.
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Author: Wikipedia contributors
Publisher: e-artnow sro
Published:
Total Pages: 854
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHorror Noir
Author: Paul Meehan
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2014-01-10
Total Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 0786462191
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis critical survey examines the historical and thematic relationships between two of the cinema's most popular genres: horror and film noir. The influence of 1930s- and 1940s-era horror films on the development of noir is detailed, with analyses of more than 100 motion pictures in which noir criminality and mystery meld with supernatural and psychological horror. Included are the films based on popular horror/mystery radio shows (The Whistler, Inner Sanctum), the works of RKO producer Val Lewton (Cat People, The Seventh Victim), and Alfred Hitchcock's psychological ghost stories. Also discussed are gothic and costume horror noirs set in the 19th century (The Picture of Dorian Gray, Hangover Square); the noir elements of more recent films; and the film noir aspects of the Hannibal Lecter movies and other serial-killer thrillers.
Midnight, Water City
Author: Chris McKinney
Publisher: Soho Press
Published: 2021-07-13
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 1641292407
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHawai‘i author Chris McKinney’s first entry in a brilliant new sci-fi noir trilogy explores the sordid past of a murdered scientist, deified in death, through the eyes of a man who once committed unspeakable crimes for her. Year 2142: Earth is forty years past a near-collision with the asteroid Sessho-seki. Akira Kimura, the scientist responsible for eliminating the threat, has reached heights of celebrity approaching deification. But now, Akira feels her safety is under threat, so after years without contact, she reaches out to her former head of security, who has since become a police detective. When he arrives at her deep-sea home and finds Akira methodically dismembered, this detective will risk everything—his career, his family, even his own life—and delve back into his shared past with Akira to find her killer. With a rich, cinematic voice and burning cynicism, Midnight, Water City is both a thrilling neo-noir procedural and a stunning exploration of research, class, climate change, the cult of personality, and the dark sacrifices we are willing to make in the name of progress.
The Spawn of Lilith
Author: Dana Fredsti
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
Published: 2017-06-27
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 1785652613
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWorking in Hollywood is a living Hell in this “fast, fun, and unrelenting” urban fantasy series about a stuntwoman who slays paranormal creatures (Seanan McGuire, author of the October Daye novels). Out of the spotlight, in the darker corners of the studio backlots, Hollywood hides a remarkable secret. Actor or actress, set designer, electrician, best boy, or grip—in la-la land, it pays not to be human. Vampires, succubae, trolls, elementals, goblins—studios hire anyone and anything that can take direction, be discreet, and not eat the extras. (The less you know about your agent, the better.) Though only human, stuntwoman and struggling actress Lee Striga is a member of the legendary Katz Stunt Crew. They’re the best in the biz, in part because they can fly, and boast superhuman strength. When Lee lands a job on the movie Pale Dreamer, however, not everyone is following the script. It’s up to her to figure out who—or what—is killing the cast and crew. Especially when Lee goes from stuntwoman to lead role...and the next target.
Film Noir
Author: Jennifer Fay
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009-12-04
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 113526385X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe term "film noir" still conjures images of a uniquely American malaise: hard-boiled detectives, fatal women, and the shadowy hells of urban life. But from its beginnings, film noir has been an international phenomenon, and its stylistic icons have migrated across the complex geo-political terrain of world cinema. This book traces film noir’s emergent connection to European cinema, its movement within a cosmopolitan culture of literary and cinematic translation, and its postwar consolidation in the US, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. The authors examine how film noir crosses national boundaries, speaks to diverse international audiences, and dramatizes local crimes and the crises of local spaces in the face of global phenomena like world-wide depression, war, political occupation, economic and cultural modernization, decolonization, and migration. This fresh study of film noir and global culture also discusses film noir’s heterogeneous style and revises important scholarly debates about this perpetually alluring genre.
Sin City
Author: Frank Miller
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781878574596
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPsychopathic hard man, Marvin, is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse with the murderer of his lover, Goldie, and the police. As he teams up with Goldie's twin sister and friends, he finds himself taking on the corrupt authorities and the influential man behind it all - Cardinal Rock.--Amazon.com.
