{"product_id":"no-daylight-in-that-face-by-barry-gifford-9781644284605","title":"No Daylight in That Face","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOut of print for years and newly retitled and expanded, this deluxe new edition of Gifford's celebrated handbook unlocks the secrets of noir movies and their relevance today.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor a tour of noir cinema, \u003cem\u003eNo Daylight in That Face\u003c\/em\u003e is the perfect companion, and Barry Gifford is an ideal guide. His choice selection of films exposes the menacing, moody, and oftentimes violent underbelly of this dark movie genre that occupies a favourite niche in American popular culture. Gifford's roll call of unforgettables includes these, and more: \u003cem\u003eThe Asphalt Jungle, Body and Soul, Body Heat, Charley Varrick, Chinatown, The Devil Thumbs a Ride, D.O.A., Double Indemnity, High Sierra, Key Largo, Kiss of Death, Mean Streets, Mildred Pierce, Mr. Majestyk, Out of the Past, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, Strangers on a Train, White Heat\u003c\/em\u003e classics from Europe \u003cem\u003eRepulsion, The Hidden Room, Shoot the Piano Player, The 400 Blows, Odd Man Out\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGifford identifies the directors and names the many noir stars, the greats and not-so-greats who were cast in the indelible roles of hoods, B-girls, psychopaths, grifters, gumshoes, waifs, tarts, femme fatales, mobsters, molls, and ex-cons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn an introduction, novelists Edward Gorman and Dow Mossman collaboratively applaud Gifford's selections and his insights: 'The movies discussed here range from the lowest of the B's to the biggest of the A's, and this book is going to make you want to run out and locate every one of them (and good luck to you; finding \u003cem\u003eThe Devil Thumbs a Ride\u003c\/em\u003e could take you a lifetime). Through Barry Gifford's eyes, we begin to see their similarities and their value. What Andrew Sarris did for the mainstream film in \u003cem\u003eThe American Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e, Barry does here for the crime film.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a connoisseur's insight and an offbeat sensitivity perfectly tailored to his subjects, Gifford's brief essays cover a hundred of the noir buff's favourites. His highly polished impressions take the reader through five decades of noir to find both the heart and the art of the plotline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597355172076,"sku":"9781644284605","price":67.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1e1ba883bdae7b04ae1e7eb898e118e9.jpg?v=1777959423","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/no-daylight-in-that-face-by-barry-gifford-9781644284605","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}