After scores of books and commentaries on film noir and its classic
period, experts Alain Silver and James Ursini turn their full attention
to neo-noir, the self-conscious, mannered, sometimes ersatz, and often
surprising genre that sprang from the original movement. This volume
surveys the full breath of American neo-noir, its style and substance,
its evolution over succeeding generations of filmmakers, from activist
through postmodern to millennial and on, with extensive illustrations in
black-and-white and full-color that capture the genre's dramatic and
visual essence.