[ebooks] Twelfth Night; Or; What You Will by William Shakespeare at Arts-Photography

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Consider the usual view of film noir: endless rainy nights populated by down-at-the-heel boxers; writers; and private eyes stumbling toward inescapable doom while stalked by crooked cops and cheating wives in a neon-lit urban jungle. But a new generation of writers is pushing aside the fog of cigarette smoke surrounding classic noir scholarship. In Kiss the Blood Off My Hands: On Classic Film Noir; Robert Miklitsch curates a bold collection of essays that reassesses the genres iconic style; history; and themes. Contributors analyze the oft-overlooked female detective and little-examined aspects of filmmaking like love songs and radio aesthetics; discuss the significance of the producer and womens pulp fiction; as well as investigate Disney noir and the Fifties heist film; B-movie back projection and blacklisted British directors. At the same time the writers collective reconsideration unwinds the impact of hot-button topics like race and gender; history and sexuality; technology and transnationality. As bracing as a stiff drink; Kiss the Blood Off My Hands writes the future of noir scholarship in lipstick and chalk lines for film fans and scholars alike.