Alfred Hitchcock and Film Noir The Darker Side
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Biografisk notat
R. Barton Palmer is Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature Emeritus at Clemson University. He is the author, editor, or general editor of many books including Hollywood’s Dark Cinema: The American Film Noir (1994), After Hitchcock: Influence, Imitation, and Intertextuality (2006), and A Little Solitaire: John Frankenheimer and American Film (2011). He is the series editor for EUP’s traditions in World Cinema, Traditions in American Cinema and International Film Stars series, and he is co-editor of five recent EUP books: Michael Mann, George Cukor, Film Noir, International Noir and The Other Hollywood Renaissance. Homer B. Pettey is Professor Emeritus of Film and Comparative Literature at the University of Arizona. He serves as the founding and general editor for Global Film Directors (Rutgers U.P.), Global Film Studios (Edinburgh U.P.), and International Stars (Edinburgh U.P.)."In film noir evil lurks around every corner, especially in the 1950s and early 1960s features. R. Barton Palmer and Homer B. Pettey have assembled a fine array of film scholars to offer their respect to a pioneer and fellow traveller of noir directors like Siodomak, Wilder and Dmytryk. Here Hitchcock has come out of the shadows of his role as 'Master of suspense.'"
John J. Michalczyk, author of "Nazi Medicine: In the Shadow of the Reich"
Alfred Hitchcock and Film Noir contains a wealth of stimulating intellectual pleasures. It deserves a wide readership among admirers of Hitchcock and film noir alike.
- David Sterritt, The Hitchcock Annual (Volume 28)
Alfred Hitchcock and Film Noir contains a wealth of stimulating intellectual pleasures. It deserves a wide readership among admirers of Hitchcock and film noir alike.
- David Sterritt, Hitchcock Annual