The philosophy of film noir /
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| Imprint: | Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2006. |
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| Description: | xv, 248 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Film noir -- History and criticism. Film noir. Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5843499 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1. The Essence and Elements of Noir
- Nietzsche and the Meaning and Definition of Noir
- A Darker Shade: Realism in Neo-Noir
- Moral Clarity and Practical Reason in Film Noir
- Cherchez la Femme Fatale: The Mother of Film Noir
- From Sherlock Holmes to the Hard-Boiled Detective in Film Noir
- Part 2. Existentialism and Nihilism in Film Noir
- Film Noir and the Meaning of Life
- The Horizon of Disenchantment: Film Noir, Camus, and the Vicissitudes of Descent
- Symbolism, Meaning, and Nihilism in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction
- Part 3. Six Classic Films Noirs
- Film Noir and the Frankfurt School: America as Wasteland in Edgar Ulmer's Detour
- Knowledge, Morality, and Tragedy in The Killers and Out of the Past
- Moral Man in the Dark City: Film Noir, the Postwar Religious Revival, and The Accused
- On Reason and Passion in The Maltese Falcon
- Ride the Pink Horse: Money, Mischance, Murder, and the Monads of Film Noir
- Contributors
- Index
