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Film Noir In The Public Domain Vol 1

Bernie Dowling

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Bent Banana Books
01 September 2023

Film theory & criticism; Film movie guides & reviews

Series: Film Noir in the Public Domain

Noir Dirt Cheap takes the reader to a literary cinema where the committed and the curious will discover marvelous and eccentric insights into film noir.

Noir Dirt Cheap is a series of picture essays on noir films in the public domain. That means the films have no copyright owner.

In six pictorial essays, Bernie Dowling explores the rise of Hollywood film noir from the ashes of war and the glorious pessimism of European theatrical and cinematic art.

Noir shone a light on greed, lust, power, injustice, and fighting back.

Its craftspeople endured personal tragedies, censorship, and blacklisting.

Noir Dirt Cheap explores Poverty-Row studios, what makes film noir, its art and craft, sexism, homophobia, class division, censorship, copyright, human foibles, and the love of classic film noir.

You've read the abstract theories. Now read and see the humanity that was film noir.

By: Bernie Dowling
Imprint: Bent Banana Books
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 998g
ISBN: 9780648687955
ISBN 10: 0648687953
Series: Film Noir in the Public Domain
Pages: 220
Publication Date: 01 September 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bernie Dowling is a veteran journalist enjoying decades covering arts, entertainment, and politics. He is the author of the neo-noir novel Iraqi Icicle and the anticorruption non-fiction, Maaate! Bribe-Proofing The Public Purse Against Good Blokes. Dowling is one of the many film-noir lovers throughout the world.