Download or read book Film Noir written by Mark Bould and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2005-12-07 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film Noir explores the murky world of a genre responsible for many of film's most enduring images. Mark Bould discusses problems of definition and the often ambiguous nature of film noir and looks at modern films that could be called neo-noir. Iconic and enduring, film noir attracted great stars (Bogart, Bacall, Mitchum, Lancaster), many of the best directors of the era (Wilder, Lang, Preminger, Hawks, Siodmak, Welles) and this book is an indispensible guide to this popular genre.