Lexington Books
Pages: 160
Trim: 6½ x 9½
978-0-7391-3331-6 • Hardback • March 2010 • $120.00 • (£92.00)
978-0-7391-3333-0 • eBook • March 2010 • $114.00 • (£88.00)
Paul Monaco is professor of cinema/video at Montana State University.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Chapter One: Auteurism
Chapter 3 Chapter Two: Noir and Neo-Noir
Chapter 4 Chapter Three:Kill Me Again
Chapter 5 Chapter Four:Red Rock West
Chapter 6 Chapter Five:The Last Seduction
Chapter 7 Conclusion
In his incisive and well-informed study of John Dahl's first three neo-noir thrillers, Paul Monaco uses close reading, background interviews, commentary, and theory to throw light on the idea of the director as author. What interests Monaco is the particular circumstances that enable a contemporary film maker to place his signature on a film. This book is for all those seriously interested in creativity, film-making, direction, and the movie business.
— Ian C. Jarvie, York University
John Dahl and Neo-Noir is a terrific book, carefully researched and keenly written. Monaco is a master at unpacking directorial nuance and production logic, illuminating how tightly film authorship and genre are woven together in neo-noir.
— John T. Caldwell, author of Production Culture: Industrial Reflexivity and Critical Practice in Film and Television (2008)