Suspects by David Thomson
An inspired commentary on film noir - a biographical dictionary of characters and a dazzlingly original work of fiction. Noah Cross, Norma Desmond, Norman Bates, Harry Lime - these are just a few of the nearly 100 names that inhabit the mind of the narrator as he starts to compose short biographies of the most famous characters in the history of film noir. Then these characters start to meet each other outside the films as though they were real people with real needs and passions. Unsettling examination of identity or fascinating take on movie fandom?
English-American writer David Thomson was educated at Dulwich College and the London School of Film Technique. After seven years at Penguin Books, he became a Director of Film Studies at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire between 1977 and 1981. Perhaps best known for his magisterial Biographical Dictionary of Film, Thomson is a prolific writer on film including biographies of David O Selznick and Orson Welles, and two books on Hollywood: Beneath Mulholland: Thoughts on Hollywood and Its Ghosts and The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781842431948 |
| ISBN 10 | 1842431943 |
| Title | Suspects |
| Author | David Thomson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oldcastle Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2007-03-22 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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