{"product_id":"into-the-dark-isbn-9780762455232","title":"Into the Dark","description":"\u003cb\u003eYou know film noir when you see it—the shadowed setting, the cynical detective, the femme fatale, and the twist of fate. Into the Dark captures this alluring genre with a cavalcade of compelling photographs and a guide to 82 of its best films.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInto the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to tell the story of film noir in its own voice. Author Mark A. Vieira quotes the artists who made these movies and the journalists and critics who wrote about them. He takes readers on a year-by-year tour of the exciting nights when movies like \u003ci\u003eDouble Indemnity, Mildred Pierce\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSunset Boulevard\u003c\/i\u003e were sprung on an unsuspecting public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For the first time, we hear the voices of film noir artists speak from the sets and offices of the studios, explaining the dark genre, even before it had a name. Those voices tell how the genre was born and how it thrived in an industry devoted to sweetness and light. \u003ci\u003eInto the Dark \u003c\/i\u003eis your ticket to a smoky, glamorous world—enter a story conference with Raymond Chandler, visit the set of Laura, and watch \u003ci\u003eDetour\u003c\/i\u003e with a Midwest audience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This volume not only recreates the environment that spawned film noir, it displays the wit and warmth of the genre’s artists. Hedda Hopper reports on \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/i\u003e, calling Orson Welles “Little Orson Annie.” Lauren Bacall says she enjoys playing a bad girl in \u003ci\u003eTo Have and Have Not.\u003c\/i\u003e Bosley Crowther calls Joan Crawford in \u003ci\u003ePossessed\u003c\/i\u003e a “ghost wailing for a demon lover beneath a waning moon.” An Indiana exhibitor rates the classic \u003ci\u003eMurder, My Sweet \u003c\/i\u003ea “passable program picture.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Illustrated by hundreds of rare still photographs, \u003ci\u003eInto the Dark \u003c\/i\u003econveys the mystery, glamour, and irony that make film noir surpassingly popular.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout TCM: Turner Classic Movies is the definitive resource for the greatest movies of all time. It engages, entertains, and enlightens to show how the entire spectrum of classic movies, movie history, and movie-making touches us all and influences how we think and live today.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Running Press Adult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44892570747109,"sku":"NP9780762455232","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/84fef76f-5980-4b29-a011-ab02013c2cdd.jpg?v=1767981312","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/into-the-dark-isbn-9780762455232","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}