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Although film noir is traditionally associated with the mean streets of the Dark City, this volume explores the genre from a new angle, focusing on non-urban settings. Through detailed readings of more than 100 films set in suburbs, small towns, on the road, in the desert, borderlands and the vast, empty West, the author investigates the alienation expressed by film noir, pinpointing its motivation in the conflict between desires for escape, autonomy and freedom--and fears of loneliness, exile and dissolution.

Through such films as Out of the Past, They Live by Night and A Touch of Evil, this critical study examines how film noir reflected radical changes in the physical and social landscapes of postwar America, defining the genre's contribution to the eternal debate between the values of individualism and community.

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“The author masterfully sheds light on the ‘dark passages’ that lead away from the city into the woods, the wilderness and the unconscious of a changing American landscape of the community and of the mind.”―popcultureshelf.com; “a useful guide”―Reference & Research Book News.

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Imogen Sara Smith has written on topics ranging from photography and painting to the films of Buster Keaton. She is a performing arts librarian and lives in Forest Hills, New York.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ McFarland & Company; Illustrated edition (August 17, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 255 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0786463058
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0786463053
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.51 x 10 inches

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Highly recommended for noir fans

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A wonderful analysis of noir films.

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For true noir enthusiasts. This book helps broaden our ...

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For true noir enthusiasts. This book helps broaden our appreciation of film noir through thoughtful criticism of films taking place nowhere near the “Dark City” we all know so well.

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Good writing, well informed

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Crucial addition to the body of film noir studies

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A wonderful addition to film noir studies. Broadens discussion into less familiar subsets of noir. The author is wonderful. Have enjoyed her commentary on more than one dvd as well

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The best critical writing on film noir after Dark City

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I'm rather lax about reviewing, but I'm currently re-reading Ms Smith outstanding 'In Lonely Places' and the analyses are so well done, and so well written, that I almost feel I am back in the movies. If you have an interest in classical film noir, then Ms Smith and Eddie Muller are the ones to go to. Avoid the pallid academics like Foster Hirsch, he knows not of what he speaks, and go to the writers who love noir.

In 'In Lonely Places: Film noir beyond the city', Ms Smith paints with a broad brush, even dabbling a bit in the City (but go to Eddie Muller for the definitive tour). I especially appreciated her coverage of Western Noir. This book is fun and informative and even thought provoking.

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Is one of those rare film books which is so deep and so clever that it is more interesting to read it than to watch many of the films themselves-- and I have seen and enjoyed nearly all of them.

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