John Dahl and neo-noir : examining auteurism and genre /

Monaco, Paul.

John Dahl and neo-noir : examining auteurism and genre / Paul Monaco. - Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2010. - 1 online resource (xiii, 145 p.). - Genre film auteurs . - Genre film auteurs. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Auteurism -- Noir and neo-noir -- Kill me again -- Red Rock West -- The last seduction -- Conclusion.

In John Dahl and Neo-Noir: Examining Auteurism and Genre, Paul Monaco provides a focused inquiry into the first three feature films that director John Dahl made for theatrical release: Kill Me Again (1989), Red Rock West (1993), and The Last Seduction (1994). Subsequent to their releases, these three films became identified in academic film criticism as neo-noir, and Dahl was labeled a "noir-meister" who made "a cottage industry of neo-noir." The importance of these three films, and Monaco's investigation of them, is how they illuminate a modern director's creative process in relation to an e


English.

9780739133330 0739133330 1282819976 9781282819979 9786612819971 6612819979

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Dahl, John--Criticism and interpretation.
Dahl, John.
Dahl, John.


PERFORMING ARTS--Film & Video--Direction & Production.
Film noir
Thriller


Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

PN1998.3.D24

791.4302/33092

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