Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. HOLLYWOOD: The Dream Is Born; 2. THE WESTSIDE AND THE COAST: Where the Dream Runs Out of Steam; 3. DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES: The Dream vs. the Nightmare; 4. THE 'BURBS: The Dream Re-Created?; Selected Bibliography; Selected Filmography; Photograph Notes and Locations.
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Filmbuffs explore the world of noir cinema in a Los Angeles context withthis guide to noir films and their California settings. This bookillustrates how these films use L.A.'s diverse cityscape andarchitecture to convey a unique vision of urban corruption andexistential fatalism, in both the gritty downtown area and the outlyingaffluent communities like Malibu and Beverly Hills. Dozens of noir andneo-noir films are featured including classics such as DoubleIndemnity, Kiss Me Dead.
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Film noir-- United States-- History and criticism.