{"product_id":"no-daylight-in-that-face-barry-gifford-9781644285633","title":"No Daylight in That Face: Adventures in Film Noir","description":"\u003cb\u003eOut of print for years--now retitled and expanded--this new edition of Gifford's celebrated handbook unlocks the secrets of noir movies and their relevance today.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor a tour of noir cinema, \u003ci\u003eNo Daylight in That Face\u003c\/i\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 favorite niche in American popular culture.\u003cbr\u003e Some are classics, some are little known and seldom seen, but all, once viewed, are deeply remembered by aficionados of noir. Gifford's roll call of unforgettables includes these, and more: \u003ci\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\/i\u003e along with several noir classics from Europe: \u003ci\u003eRepulsion, The Hidden Room, Shoot the Piano Player, The 400 Blows, Odd Man Out.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003ci\u003eThe Devil Thumbs a Ride\u003c\/i\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 The American Cinema, Barry does here for the crime film.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With 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 favorites. His highly polished impressions take the reader through five decades of noir to find both the heart and the art of the plotline.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barry Gifford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644285630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644285633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rare Bird Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Barry Gifford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623621964031,"sku":"9781644285633","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/no-daylight-in-that-face-barry-gifford-9781644285633","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}