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Auteur(s) : Biesen, Sheri Chinen (1962-....)
Titre(s) : Music in the shadows [Texte imprimé] : noir musical films / Sheri Chinen Biesen
Publication : Baltimore, N.J. : The Johns Hopkins university press, © 2014
Description matérielle : xii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Comprend : The noir musical ; Preludes to the noir musical ; Blues in the night: the noir
musical on the brink of World War II ; Smoky melodies: jazz noir musical drama ;
Le rouge et le noir: from The red shoes to A star is born ; Dark musical melodrama:
from Young at heart to West Side story ; The legacy of the noir musical.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-201) and index
"Smoke. Shadows. Moody strains of jazz. Welcome to the world of "noir musical" films,
where tormented antiheroes and hard-boiled musicians battle obsession and struggle
with their music and ill-fated love triangles. Sultry divas dance and sing the blues
in shrouded nightclubs. Romantic intrigue clashes with backstage careers. In her pioneering
study, Music in the Shadows, film noir expert Sheri Chinen Biesen explores musical
films that use film noir style and bluesy strains of jazz to inhabit a disturbing
underworld and reveal the dark side of fame and the American Dream. While noir musical
films like A Star Is Born include musical performances, their bleak tone and expressionistic
aesthetic more closely resemble the visual style of film noir. Their narratives unfold
behind a stark noir lens: distorted, erratic angles and imbalanced hand-held shots
allow the audience to experience a tortured, disillusioned perspective.While many
musicals glamorize the quest for the spotlight in Hollywood's star factory, brooding
noir musical films such as Blues in the Night, Gilda, The Red Shoes, West Side Story,
and Round Midnight stretch the boundaries of film noir and the musical as film genres
collide. Deep shadows, dim lighting, and visual composition evoke moodiness, cynicism,
pessimism, and subjective psychological points of view. As in her earlier study of
film noir, Blackout: World War II and the Origins of Film Noir, Biesen draws on extensive
primary research in studio archives to situate her examination within a historical,
industrial, and cultural context"--Publisher description
Sujet(s) : Films noirs -- États-Unis
Films musicaux -- Esthétique -- États-Unis
Jazz -- Au cinéma
Indice(s) Dewey :
791.436 55 (23e éd.) = Cinéma - Thèmes sociaux
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781421408378 (hardcover) (alk. paper). - ISBN 9781421408385 (pbk.) (alk. paper).
- ISBN 9781421408392 (erroné) (electronic). - ISBN 1421408376 (hardcover) (alk. paper).
- ISBN 1421408384 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 1421408392 (erroné) (electronic)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb443087650
Notice n° :
FRBNF44308765
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