Description:
Ranging from Japanese silent films and women's films to French, Hong Kong, and Nordic New Waves, this book explores the influence of noir on international cinematic traditions and challenges prevailing film scholarship. It includes extensive bibliography and filmographies for recommended reading and viewing.
Brief description: 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.).
Review Quotes: International Noir offers unique, innovative thoughts on a mode of cinema that one would have thought had nothing new to offer up to critical thought. By moving refreshingly beyond common approaches to Noir as a quintessential American form to its broader emplacement in global contexts, the volume makes Noir vibrate with all the energy of geopolitics and confirms its importance as a fraught symptom of our modernity--Dana Polan, New York University