San Francisco Noir by Nathaniel Rich
All cities have their secrets, but none are so dark as San Francisco's, the city that Ambrose Bierce famously described as a point upon a map of fog. With its reputation as a shadowy land of easy vice and hard virtue, San Francisco provided the ideal setting for many of the greatest films noir, from classics like The Maltese Falcon and Dark Passage to obscure treasures like Woman on the Run and D.O.A., and neo-noirs like Point Blank and The Conversation. Readers visit the Mission Dolores cemetery where James Stewart spied Kim Novak visiting Carlotta's grave in Vertigo; the Steinhart Aquarium, where a steamy love scene unfolded between Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth in The Lady from Shanghai; and the Kezar Stadium, where Clint Eastwood captures the serial killer, Scorpio, in a blaze of ghastly white light in Dirty Harry. In this guide to the great films noir and the locations where they were shot, the mythic noir city meets San Francisco's own dark past. With period film stills.The New York Review of Books, Vanity Fair, The New York Times Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The Nation, The New Republic, and Slate have all published Nathaniel Rich's articles and criticism. He works at The Paris Review as an editor.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781892145307 |
| ISBN 10 | 1892145308 |
| Title | San Francisco Noir |
| Author | Nathaniel Rich |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little Bookroom,U.S. |
| Year published | 2005-03-31 |
| Number of pages | 168 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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