David Meuel
Auteur van The Noir Western: Darkness on the Range, 1943-1962
Over de Auteur
A lifelong student of films, David Meuel has also published more than 100 poems, numerous short stories, and hundreds of articles on subjects ranging from theater to U.S. national parks, to writing and speaking for business. He lives in Menlo Park, California.
Fotografie: www.davidmeuel.com/
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The Noir Western: Darkness on the Range 1943-1962 door David Meuel
Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.Duelling genres -- noir vs. western. Actually, what Meuel calls "noir Western" is what used to be called the "adult Western"., In the words of Martin Nussbaum: "a new art form delineating our motivations and psychoses and permitting their various catharsis". Pretty scary stuff, no? Well, what we're talking about is the difference between TV's "The Lone Ranger" and "The Virginian".
Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.I don't really like the western genre. There are a few here and there that i have seen over the years, but as whole I am not a fan. That being said, I loved reading this book. There is an introduction, plot summary and technical details for each movie talked about. I will definitely be tracking down most of these movies.
Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.This is a well researched and organized book that people who really enjoy the technical side of film-making will truly enjoy. I found it highly informative and enlightening about an aspect of Western movies I had not considered. Like other reviewers, I have only seen one or two of the films discussed and so found the plot summaries to be very helpful. Meuel's format - chapter intro, director intro, summary of film, critique of film, repeat summary and critique, conclusion - makes this very easy to follow. Even if this is not one's usual fare, that should not stop someone who likes an occasional challenge.… (meer)
Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.True Confession: I didn't read the description of this book closely and thought it was a quirky entry in Akashic Noir series of mystery anthologies. And lucky me!! No way I would have sat down to read a book of film history. I had never really thought of Western films as Noir but the films covered in detail in the book are spot on examples of how this is true. I'd only seen a few of the films and will be tracking down others that I'd heard of but never seen.
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- #363,652
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- 4.3
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