More Than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts
- ISBN-10
- 0520212940
- ISBN-13
- 9780520212947
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 345
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- James Naremore
Description
"One of the very best film books in recent years. . . . There are any number of books on noir, but none as comprehensive, as rigorous, as far-reaching as Naremore's. . . . It will be the essential work for the field."--Dana Polan, University of Southern California
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