Pippin, Robert B., 1948-

Fatalism in American film noir : some cinematic philosophy / Robert B. Pippin. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012. - 135 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-126) and index.

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.

9780813934020 9780813931890 (cloth: alk. paper)


Film noir--History and criticism--United States
Fate and fatalism in motion pictures

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