Detours and Lost Highways: A Map of Neo-Noir
- ISBN-10
- 161774784X
- ISBN-13
- 9781617747847
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 407
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-08-01
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation
- Author
- Foster Hirsch
Description
EDetours and Lost HighwaysE begins with the Orson Welles film ETouch of EvilE (1958) which featured Welles both behind and in front of the camera. That movie is often cited as the end of the line noir's rococo tombstone...the film after which noir cou
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