Driven to Darkness : Jewish Emigre Directors and the Rise of Film Noir.
Title:
Driven to Darkness : Jewish Emigre Directors and the Rise of Film Noir.
Author:
Brook, Vincent.
ISBN:
9780813548333
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (299 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Jews in Germany: Torn Between Two Worlds -- 3 Jews and Expressionism: "Performing High and Low" -- 4 The Father of Film Noir: Fritz Lang -- 5 Fritz Lang in Hollywood -- 6 The French Connection: Robert Siodmak -- 7 Viennese Twins: Billy and Willy Wilder -- 8 The ABZs of Film Noir: Otto Preminger and Edgar G. Ulmer -- 9 Woman's Directors: Curtis Bernhardt and Max Ophuls -- 10 Pathological Noir, Populist Noir, and an Act of Violence: John Brahm, Anatole Litvak , Fred Zinnemann -- Appendix: American Film Noirs By Jewish Émigré Directors -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Driven to Darkness explores the influence of Jewish TmigrT directors and the development of this genre. While filmmakers such as Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger, and Edward G. Ulmer have been acknowledged as crucial to the noir canon, the impact of their Jewishness on their work has remained largely unexamined until now. Through lively and original analyses of key films, Vincent Brook penetrates the darkness, shedding new light on this popular film form and the artists who helped create it.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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