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title: "American Neo-Noir: The Movie Never Ends (Applause Books)"
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# American Neo-Noir: The Movie Never Ends (Applause Books)

**Brand:** silver, alain/ ursini, james
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American Neo-Noir: The Movie Never Ends (Applause Books)

## Features

- American Neo-Noir (The Movie Never Ends) Applause Books Series Softcover Written by Alain Silver
- After scores of books and commentaries on film noir and its classic period, experts Alain Silver and James Ursini turn their full attention to neo-noir, the self-conscious, mannered, sometimes ersatz, and often surprising genre that sprang from the original movement
- This volume surveys the full breath of American neo-noir, its style and substance, its evolution over succeeding generations of filmmakers, from activist through postmodern to millennial and on, with extensive illustrations in black-and-white and full-color that capture the genre's dramatic and visual essence
- After scores of books and commentaries on film noir and its classic period, experts Alain Silver and James Ursini turn their full attention to neo-noir, the self-conscious, mannered, sometimes ersatz, and often surprising genre that sprang from the original movement
- This volume surveys the full breath of American neo-noir, its style and substance, its evolution over succeeding generations of filmmakers, from activist through postmodern to millennial and on, with extensive illustrations in black-and-white and full-color that capture the genre's dramatic and visual essence

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Best of Neo-Noir, With a Touch of Crazy
*by W***R on November 19, 2015*

I completely understand the customer reviewer who gave this one star and only liked the filmography at the end. Like other projects by these authors, this book does not readily separate the great and the good from the mediocre. Personally, while recognizing this book isn't ideal for someone seeking the absolute best of post-expressionist cinema (if such a goal is possible), I appreciate such an impartial approach. By refusing to favor high-brow over low-brow works, the book truly embraces Neo-Noir as an art form. It opens up a discussion in which RED ROCK WEST and U-TURN can be just as valid as works of art as CHINATOWN and TAXI DRIVER.Having conceded that this book may not be ideal for someone merely wanting to build a collection, I need to acknowledge that it can be easily re-purposed as such. The filmography is followed by a thorough index which (obviously) leads one back to remarks on the films. Seeing where a given movie is placed within the thoughtfully-labeled chapters does often, in itself, shed a great deal of light. As with other works written or edited by Alain Silver, the critique of each film may exceed a mere review, however it frequently falls short of higher criticism. What remains is a sort of undergraduate essay on the movies under discussion. Finding their context within the greater intent of the book (as delineated by the chapter headings) may be the most rewarding part of reading it.What remains: enjoying this book from page 1 to page 259 will acquaint you with the best of post-noir cinema,as well as its many offshoots that will cause you to question whether this is a real genre or whether the authors have gone mad. Either way, you are left with a book that has been constructed so that you can use it in whatever way you had hoped.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Worth it
*by C***V on January 7, 2017*

Comprehensive and interesting exploration of Neo-noir films, themes, characters, plots, etc, with quite a few excellent pictures.A must-read for Neo-noir afficionados.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent! Loved reading about the neo-noir films and reviewing ...
*by R***E on December 16, 2017*

Excellent!  Loved reading about the neo-noir films and reviewing the photos!

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