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" The noir western : "
David Meuel
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BL
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634568
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dltt
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Meuel, David,1950-
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The noir western : : darkness on the range, 1943-1962 /\ David Meuel
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viii, 216 pages ;; 23 cm
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9780786494521
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: 0786494522
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9781476619743
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Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index
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Introduction: the dark cowboy rides into town -- The darkening west: conscience and cruelty collide in William Wellman's The ox-bow incident, yellow skyand track of the cat -- The tyranny of troubled pasts: escape and the futility of it in Raoul Walsh's Pursued and Colorado territory -- Where treachery springs eternal: staying human in the harsh worlds of andrø de toth's ramrod and day of the outlaw -- "The topography of menace": painting the western black in robert wise's blood on the moon -- Westerns shaken and stirred: sam fuller upends genre conventions in i shot jesse james and forty guns -- Delving deeper into the dark side: gregory peck's ?noir-ish heroes in henry king's the gunfighter and the bravados -- Deliverance on a down note: the tortured, grimly determined heroes of anthony mann's devil's doorway, the naked spur and man of the west -- Nightmare in broad daylight: evil poses as the law in allan dwan's silver lode -- Helping the western to grow up: the complex, shaded characters in delmer daves' 3:10 to yuma and the hanging tree -- "They're going to kill us, mrs. mims": horror and absurdity ride together in budd boetticher's the tall t and ride lonesome -- Darkness in shinbone: noir is busting out all over in john ford's the man who shot liberty valance -- Conclusion: ride on, dark cowboy
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"Beginning in the mid-1940s, the bleak, brooding mood of film noir began seeping into that most optimistic of film genres, the western. The noir western helped set the standard for the darker science fiction, action and superhero films as well as TV series. This book covers the stylistic shift in westerns in mid-20th century Hollywood"--
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Western films-- United States-- History and criticism
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Film noir-- United States-- History and criticism
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Motion pictures-- 20th century-- History and criticism
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791.43/65878
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PN1995.9.W4M45 2015
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