Overview
- Explores neo-noir as post-classical Hollywood cinema
- Re-organizes 60 years of neo-noir films into historical and thematic movements
- Demonstrates how Eighties Noir offers a different of Reagan’s America than the other traditional genres
- Examines how neo-noir operates in the 2000s with Digital Noir
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Time-Specific Movements
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Front Matter
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Thematic Movements
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Back Matter
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About this book
Neo-Noir as Post-Classical Hollywood Cinema suggests the terms “noir” and “neo-noir” have been rendered almost meaningless by overuse. The book seeks to re-establish a purpose for neo-noir films and re-consider the organization of 60 years of neo-noir films. Using the notion of post-classical, the book establishes how neo-noir breaks into many movements, some based on time and others based on thematic similarities. The combined movements then form a mosaic of neo-noir. The time-based movements examine Transitional Noir (1960s-early 1970s), Hollywood Renaissance Noir in the 1970s, Eighties Noir, Nineties Noir, and Digital Noir of the 2000s. The thematic movements explore Nostalgia Noir, Hybrid Noir, and Remake and Homage Noir. Academics as well as film buffs will find this book appealing as it deconstructs popular films and places them within new contexts.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Robert P. Arnett is an Associate Professor in the Communication and Theatre Arts Department at Old Dominion University, USA. His essays can be found in Film Criticism, The Philosophy of Michael Mann, Quarterly Review of Film and Video, and Journal of Popular Film and Television.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Neo-Noir as Post-Classical Hollywood Cinema
Authors: Robert Arnett
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43668-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-43667-4Published: 01 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-43670-4Published: 01 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-43668-1Published: 31 August 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 207
Number of Illustrations: 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Genre, American Cinema and TV