"Film noir" evokes memories of stylish, cynical, black-and- white movies from the 1940s and 1950smelodramas about private eyes, femmes fatales, criminal gangs, and lovers on the run. In More Than Night, James Naremore discusses these pictures, but he also shows that the central term is more complex and paradoxical than we realize. Film noir refers both to an important ...(展开全部)

"Film Noir" evokes memories of stylish, cynical, black-and-white movies from the 1940s and '50s - melodramas about private eyes, femmes fatales, criminal gangs, and lovers on the run. James Naremore's prize-winning book discusses these pictures, but also shows that the central term is more complex and paradoxical than we realize. It treats noir as a term in criticism, as an exp...(展开全部)

"Film noir" evokes memories of stylish, cynical, black-and- white movies from the 1940s and 1950smelodramas about private eyes, femmes fatales, criminal gangs, and lovers on the run. In More Than Night, James Naremore discusses these pictures, but he also shows that the central term is more complex and paradoxical than we realize. Film noir refers both to an important ...(展开全部)

"Film Noir" evokes memories of stylish, cynical, black-and-white movies from the 1940s and '50s - melodramas about private eyes, femmes fatales, criminal gangs, and lovers on the run. James Naremore's prize-winning book discusses these pictures, but also shows that the central term is more complex and paradoxical than we realize. It treats noir as a term in criticism, as an exp...(展开全部)

Terry McCaleb, the retired FBI agent who starred in the bestseller "Blood Work," is asked by the LAPD to help them investigate aseries of murders that have them baffled. They are the kind of ritualized killings McCaleb specialized in solving with the FBI, and he is reluctantly drawn from his peaceful new life back into the horror and excitement of tracking down a terrifying hom...(展开全部)

McCaleb, now married to Graciela and with a baby daughter, is persuaded to take a case from the LA County Sheriff’s office. He is asked to profile the killer of an unsolved murder. The victim was a scuzzball who six years earlier had been arrested by Harry Bosch for murder but then released uncharged by the DA’s office. In doing what he does best – reviewing t...(展开全部)

Terry McCaleb's enforced quiet lifestyle on the island of Catalina is a far cry from the hectic excitement of his former role as homicide detective in L.A. However, when a small-time criminal is found dead McCaleb is persuaded to profile the killer. Six years ago the victim had been arrested by Harry Bosch for murder but was later released uncharged. In doing what he does best,...(展开全部)

威廉•鲁尔（William Luhr），圣彼得大学英文专业教授，哥伦比亚大学影视与交叉学科研究会联合主席，牛津大学出版社影视传媒类读物常驻编辑，学术视野宽阔，对电影有深入的研究。代表著作有：《思考电影：观看、思考、享受》《雷蒙德·钱德勒与电影》;编辑电影类图书《科恩兄弟：冰血暴》《马耳他之鹰：约翰·休斯顿》《导演》《银幕性别》等。

威廉•鲁尔（William Luhr），圣彼得大学英文专业教授，哥伦比亚大学影视与交叉学科研究会联合主席，牛津大学出版社影视传媒类读物常驻编辑，学术视野宽阔，对电影有深入的研究。代表著作有：《思考电影：观看、思考、享受》《雷蒙德·钱德勒与电影》;编辑电影类图书《科恩兄弟：冰血暴》《马耳他之鹰：约翰·休斯顿》《导演》《银幕性别》等。