This dissertation attempts to determine whether the original and remake versions of The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Big Sleep, and Murder My Sweet are sub-genres, visual styles, time bound, or a film genre. It objectifies and compares the aesthetics/environment, proxemics, paralanguage, appearance/artifacts, and kinesics in each film's mise-en-scene. Each pair of films reveals a consistent pattern in its nonverbal/film noir symbols that complements the noir storylines and noir character portrayals. Thus, these six noir films meet the criteria of a film genre. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-12, Section: A, page: 3770. / Major Professor: Peter Stowell. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1989.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78114 |
| Contributors | Hairston, Robert Burl., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 203 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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