The Noir Style

Rating:
Summary: This book is incredible
Review: The pictures in this book are absolutely beautiful. They make you feel like you are in the movie. The text is extremely interesting and entertaining. Silver and Ursini are sheer geniuses!

Rating:
Summary: This book is incredible
Review: The pictures in this book are absolutely beautiful. They make you feel like you are in the movie. The text is extremely interesting and entertaining. Silver and Ursini are sheer geniuses!

Rating:
Summary: Poor production values sink the project
Review: While the idea of having two of the most knowledgeable scholars of the noir film host a coffee-table art book on the topic sounds promising, the resulting product is heinously flawed. Despite the brevity of the text, a blocky font makes it difficult to read. The 'duotone' reproduction is achieved by imposing blue plate on the black plate--making vintage photographs resemble a poorly adjusted television screen. Further, the large reproductions merely expose the grain, scratches, and dust spots that any skilled retoucher could have removed. Pick up Mark Viera's SIN IN SOFT FOCUS: PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD and see how this book should have looked.