{"product_id":"the-dark-interval-padraic-killeen-9781501349683","title":"The Dark Interval: Film Noir, Iconography, and Affect","description":"Invoking key concepts from the philosophical writings of Gilles Deleuze and Giorgio Agamben, \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Interval\u003c\/i\u003e examines a subtle but distinct iconography of passivity, stillness and profound self-affection that recurs across noir films of every era. In doing so, it identifies the emergence of a specific cinematic figure - the 'intervallic' noir protagonist exposed to the redemptive force of his or her own passion. Significantly, the book contextualises the iconography of film noir in relation to prior art-historical visual traditions, in particular earlier representations of melancholia and the saturnine, locating noir against a much broader canvas than has been the norm. Examining central noir films of the classic and modern era (\u003ci\u003eThe Killers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Wasn't There\u003c\/i\u003e) as well as films at the peripheries of noir (from Jacques Tourneur's \u003ci\u003eCat People\u003c\/i\u003e to Wong Kar Wai's \u003ci\u003e2046\u003c\/i\u003e), the book locates a series of iconographic gestures, performance traditions and affective tonalities at once specific to noir and yet resonant with a deeper cultural and philosophical heritage. It is a meditation that uniquely grapples with the \u003ci\u003elook\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003efeel\u003c\/i\u003e of noir, and which dares to detect a unique quality of 'beatitude' that runs through a certain strain of noir films. In doing so, it illuminates why film noir remains one of the most provocative and affecting visual milieus of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Padraic Killeen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501349686\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501349683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Padraic Killeen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44173216645375,"sku":"9781501349683","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e37a80d4-3fa5-4565-8b48-b6752f5843db.jpg?v=1689791628","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dark-interval-padraic-killeen-9781501349683","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}