Jans B Wager: 2 books
Jazz and Cocktails
Rethinking Race and the Sound of Film Noir
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Film noir showcased hard-boiled men and dangerous femmes fatales, rain-slicked city streets, pools of inky darkness cut by shards of light, and, occasionally, jazz. Jazz served as a shorthand for the seduction and risks of the mean streets in early film noir. As working jazz musicians began to compose...
Dames in the Driver's Seat
Rereading Film Noir
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2009
With its focus on dangerous, determined femmes fatales, hardboiled detectives, and crimes that almost-but-never-quite succeed, film noir has long been popular with moviegoers and film critics alike. Film noir was a staple of classical Hollywood filmmaking during the years 1941-1958 and has enjoyed a...