Fatalism in American film noir : some cinematic philosophy / Robert B. Pippin.

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Pippin, Robert B, 1948-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Page-Barbour lectures for 2010Publication details: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780813932019
0813932017
1280489502
9781280489501
9786613584731
6613584738

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fatalism in American film noir.DDC classification:

791.43/6556 23

LOC classification:

PN1995.9.F54

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Contents:

Introduction -- Trapped by oneself in Jacques Tourneur's Out of the past -- "A deliberate, intentional fool" in Orson Welles's The lady from Shanghai -- Sexual agency in Fritz Lang's Scarlet Street -- "Why didn't you shoot again, baby?": concluding remarks.

Summary: This book reveals the ways in which American film noir explore the declining credibility of individuals as causal centers of agency, and how we live with the acknowledgment of such limitations.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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English.

This book reveals the ways in which American film noir explore the declining credibility of individuals as causal centers of agency, and how we live with the acknowledgment of such limitations.

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