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Although film noir is traditionally associated with the mean streets of the Dark City, this volume explores the genre from a new angle, focusing on non-urban settings. Through detailed readings of more than 100 films set in suburbs, small towns, on the road, in the desert, borderlands and the vast, empty West, the author investigates the alienation expressed by film noir, pinpointing its motivation in the conflict between desires for escape, autonomy and freedom--and fears of loneliness, exile and dissolution.
Through such films as Out of the Past, They Live by Night and A Touch of Evil, this critical study examines how film noir reflected radical changes in the physical and social landscapes of postwar America, defining the genre's contribution to the eternal debate between the values of individualism and community.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Imaginary Prisons: Noir and the City
2. In Exile at Home: Noir Between Two Worlds
3. Maximum Security: Domestic Noir
4. The Tyranny of Neighbors: Small- Town Noir
5. Blind Highways: Noir on the Road
6. Mirage of Safety: Noir on the Mexican Border
7. Lone and Level Sands: Desert Noir
8. Past Sunset: Noir Westerns
9. Private Traps: Noir in the Mind
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
