LEADER 00000cam a2200733 i 4500 001 36330881 003 OCoLC 005 20161128040712.0 008 970129t19971997nyu bq 001 0 eng 009 Reclvl: f Addate: 970314 Addid: PCT Moddate: 080604 Modid: XRF 010 97003729 015 GB9820127|2bnb 019 38590370 020 0684828030 020 9780684828039 035 (PFA-BOOKS)9577 035 GLADN84427774 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dUKM|dMUQ|dBAKER|dNLGGC|dBTCTA|dYDXCP |dUAB|dHEBIS|dZWZ|dBDX|dOCLCO|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCL |dDEBBG|dOCLCO|dCUY 043 n-us--- 050 00 PN1995.9.F54|bC54 1997 082 00 791.43/655|221 084 24.34|2bcl 084 AP 53600|2rvk 100 1 Christopher, Nicholas,|eauthor. 245 10 Somewhere in the night :|bfilm noir and the American city /|cby Nicholas Christopher. 264 1 New York, NY :|bThe Free Press,|c[1997] 264 4 |c©1997 300 xiii, 290 pages ;|c25 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 500 Filmography: pages 273-280. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-271) and index. 505 0 1. Into the Labyrinth -- 2. Night and the City -- 3. Postcards from the Ruins: Some Americans Abroad -- 4. Office Buildings and Casinos -- 5. Grafters, Grifters, and Tycoons -- 6. The Dark Mirror: Sex, Dreams, and Psychoanalysis -- 7. Black and White in Color -- 8. Paint It Black -- Appendix. A Brief Genealogy -- Selected Filmography: 1940-1959 -- Selected Neo-Noirs: 1960-1997. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating.|5CBPF 520 Acclaimed novelist and poet Nicholas Christopher explores the cultural identity of film noir in a seamless, elegant, and enchanting work of literary prose. Examining virtually the entire catalogue of film noir, Christopher identifies the central motif as the urban labyrinth, a place infested with psychosis, anxiety, and existential dread in which the noir hero embarks on a dangerously illuminating quest. With acute sensitivity, he shows how technical devices such as lighting, voice over, and editing tempo are deployed to create the film noir world. Somewhere in the Night guides us through the architecture of this imaginary world, be it shot in New York or Los Angeles, relating its elements to the ancient cultural archetypes that prefigure it. Finally, Christopher builds an explanation of why film noir not only lives on but is currently enjoying a renaissance. 530 Also issued online. 563 Black cloth spine, gray boards; dust jacket.|5CU-BANC 650 0 Film noir|zUnited States|xHistory and criticism. 650 0 Cities and towns in motion pictures. 650 7 Cities and towns in motion pictures.|2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00861867 650 7 Film noir.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00924273 651 7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411635 752 United States|bNew York|dNew York. 776 08 |iOnline version:|aChristopher, Nicholas.|tSomewhere in the night.|dNew York : Free Press, ©1997|w(OCoLC)606024443 856 41 |3Sample text|uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/ fy0641/97003729-s.html 856 42 |3Table of contents|uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/ enhancements/fy0631/97003729-t.html 856 42 |3Contributor biographical information|uhttp:// catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/simon051/97003729.html 856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/ description/simon032/97003729.html 935 GLADN84427774 935 .b7321946 935 .b10729835 956 20161128|btbrb 957 OCLC xref loaded 20170507 991 bb7321946 991 bb10729835 994 C0|bCUY