Cine negro

<p>Whether it’s <em>Double Indemnity,</em> <em>Kiss Me Deadly</em>, or <em>The Big Sleep</em>, roam a screen world of <strong>dark and brooding elegance</strong> with this essential handbook to <strong>Film Noir</strong>. From private eyes and perfect crimes to corrupt cops and doomed affairs, editors Paul Duncan and Jürgen Müller examine <strong>noir’s key themes </strong>and their most representative movies from 1940 to 1960.<br /><br /> Copiously illustrated with film stills as well as <strong>original posters</strong>, this book offers page after page of noir’s <strong>masterful visual compositions</strong> while exploring the narrative paradigms<strong> of this cryptic, compelling, and evolving genre</strong>. If that weren’t enough to tickle your cinematic appetite, the volume concludes with <strong>TASCHEN’s top 50 pick of noir classics.</strong><br /><br /> Brimming with the <strong>enigmatic dames, desperate gangsters, and psycho killers</strong> that continue to cast a long and captivating shadow over cinema, this is a <strong>must-have handbook for noir aficionados and amateurs alike</strong>.</p>