(Limelight).
Noted film noir historians Alain Silver and James Ursini, acting as editors, concentrate in this work on the thirty key directors of the classic noir period.
These include well-known luminaries, such as Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Nicholas Ray, and Joseph Losey as well as lesser-known lights of noir, such as Gerd Oswald, Felix E.
Feist, Ida Lupino, and John Brahm.
Each article will include a short biography of the director, a list of their major noir films, as well as a deep analysis of the films themselves.
The book boasts over two dozen collaborators from the world of film history and criticism.
Lavishly illustrated with high-resolution photos illustrating the points made by the authors, this book is a must for any aficionado of the American style of film noir.
Limelight Editions Film noir: the directors, paperback/alain silver
