Film Noir – Alain Silver and James Ursini

Taschen can usually be relied upon to produce beautiful looking books, and this is high class stuff. There is a nice mix of movie stills and location shots, all of which made me want to rush out and (re)watch all these classic movies. Unfortunately, the text is more banal. There seems to be some confusion over what constitutes a noir (M? The Magnificent Ambersons?) and too much space is taking over by synopses of individual films rather than discussion of the genre in the round.