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Fatalism in American Film Noir: Some Cinematic Philosophy (Page-Barbour Lectures)
Robert B. Pippin
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Paperback. Series: Page-Barbour Lectures. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136.
The crime melodramas of the 1940s known now as film noir shared many formal and thematic elements, from unusual camera angles and lighting to moral ambiguity and femmes fatales. In this book Robert Pippin argues that many of these films also raise distinctly philosophical questions. Where most Hollywood films of that era featured reflective individuals living with purpose, taking action and effecting desired consequences, the typical noir protagonist deliberates and plans, only to be confronted by the irrelevance of such deliberation and by results that contrast sharply, often tragically, with his or her intentions or true commitments.
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The crime melodramas of the 1940s known now as film noir shared many formal and thematic elements, from unusual camera angles and lighting to moral ambiguity and femmes fatales. In this book Robert Pippin argues that many of these films also raise distinctly philosophical questions. Where most Hollywood films of that era featured reflective individuals living with purpose, taking action and effecting desired consequences, the typical noir protagonist deliberates and plans, only to be confronted by the irrelevance of such deliberation and by results that contrast sharply, often tragically, with his or her intentions or true commitments.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
Series
Page-Barbour Lectures
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813934020
SKU
V9780813934020
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About Robert B. Pippin
Robert B. Pippin is Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought, the Department of Philosophy, and the College, at the University of Chicago, USA. He is the author, most recently, of Hollywood Westerns and American Myth: The Importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for Political Philosophy.
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