Learning on ScreenAmerican Cinema. Vol 2: Romantic Comedy / Film Noir
- Synopsis
- A 10-part history of seven decades of American cinema, released in five volumes.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 105 min.
- Year of production
- 1994
- Availability
- Sale; 1997 sale: £11.99 (inclusive)
- Documentation
- 2 (narrator Robert Widmark): Martin Scorsese, Abraham Polonsky, Andre Bigelow and Paul Schrader discuss their personal fascination with ‘film noir’. With clips from FORCE OF EVIL, DETOUR, GUN CRAZY, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, and MURDER MY SWEET. Also discusses more recent noir-influenced films such as MEAN STREETS and BODY HEAT.
- Subjects
- Media studies
- Keywords
- cinema - USA; genre in cinema; history of cinema
Credits
Sections
- Title
- Romantic comedy
- Synopsis
- 1 (narrator Katy Selverstone): Looks at the romantic comedy, from the comedies of the 1930s and 1940s, when women had their first taste of the upper hand, through the domesticity and sexual freedom of the 1950s and 1960s, to today's often ambiguous relati
- Title
- Film noir
Production Company
Sponsor
- Name
National Endowment for the Arts
- webmgr@arts.endow.gov
- Web
- http://www.nea.gov External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 202 682 5400
- Address
- 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20506
USA
Distributor
- Name
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
- Web
- http://www.paramountpictures.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 3184 2300
- Fax
- 020 3184 2102
- Address
- Building 5
Chiswick Park
566 Chiswick High Road
London
W4 5YF - Notes
- Formerly: CIC Video
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