Introduction: The Noir Impulse

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Notes on the Contributors xi
6. Introduction: The Noir Impulse 1
7. 1. British Noir 14
8. 2. French Noir 1947–79: From Grunge-noir to Noir-hilism 36
9. 3. French Neo-noir: An Aesthetic for the Policier 61
10. 4. Early Japanese Noir 85
11. 5. The Gunman and the Gun: Japanese Film Noir since the Late 1950s 112
12. 6. Darker than Dark: Film Noir in its Asian Contexts 136
13. 7. Nordic Noir and Neo-noir: The Human Criminal 155
14. 8. Indian Film Noir 182
15. 9. The New Sincerity of Neo-noir 193
16. 10. Post-noir: Getting Back to Business 220
17. Selected Bibliography of International Film Noir 241
18. Selected Filmography of International Film Noir 246
19. Index 258