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Featuring rumpled PIs, shyster lawyers, corrupt politicians, double-crossers, femmes fatales, and, of course, losers who find themselves down ontheir luck yet again, film noir is a perennially popular cinematic genr e. This extensive encyclopedia describes movies from noir's earliest days – and even before, looking at some of noir's ancestors in US andEuropean cinema – as well as noir's more recent offshoots, from n eonoirs to erotic thrillers. Entries are arranged alphabetically, covering movies from all over the world – from every continent save Antarctica – with briefer details provided for several hundred additional movies within those entries. A copious appendix contains filmographies of prominent directors, actors, and writers.
With coverage of blockbusters and program fillers from Going Straight (US 1916) toBroken City (US 2013) via Nora Inu (Japan 1949), O Ant hropos tou Trainou (Greece 1958), El Less Wal Kilab (Egypt 1962), Reportaje a la Muerte (Peru 1993), Zift (Bulgaria 2008), and thousands more, A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noiris an engrossing and essential reference work that should be on the she lves of every cinephile.