Essays about: "film noir"

Found 3 essays containing the words film noir.

1. 1. The Problem of Escape in American Film Noir : Cinema, Philosophy, Theology

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Systematisk teologi

   Author : Aron Ericson; [2024]
   Keywords : film noir; film-theology; film-philosophy; original sin;

   Abstract : Following developments in the last decades in the philosophical and theological studies of film, this study investigates film noir from the classic Hollywood era (1940-1959) from this perspective. It presents the key ideas behind the fields of film-philosophy and film-theology. READ MORE

3. 2. Stuck in the Truck: Oil Dependency, Acceleration, and the Nature of Catastrophe : An Ecocritical Reading of The Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la Peur, Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Sonya Helgesson Ralevic; [2020]
   Keywords : The Wages of Fear; Le Salaire de la Peur; Henri-Georges Clouzot; ecocriticism; petro-fiction; Anthropocene; oil film; film noir; ethnographic film; spectacle;

   Abstract : As a medium of modernity, film has always been entwined with the energy regime sustaining it. This thesis is interested in the interrelation between film and oil, and approached as a piece of petro-fiction, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s film The Wages of Fear (1953) is subject to a close, ecocritical analysis. READ MORE

4. 3. Breaking down the wall of difficulty : Adapting a translation for new readers

   University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

   Author : Filip Svensson; [2010]
   Keywords : Translation; Adaption; Terminology; Sentence Structure;

   Abstract : This study is an analysis of a translation of the text ”A Lotta Night Music: The Sound of Film Noir” written by Richard R. Ness. The study focuses on the adaption of film and music terminology as well as complex sentence structures for a new and broader target audience. READ MORE