Spectacle & Introspection
Hollywood from the Mid-1940s through the 1950s
1944 – Dir. Billy Wilder
Resources:
"Shadows of Suspense" (Short documentary on Double Indemnity)
"A Guide to Film Noir Genre" by Roger Ebert
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"Hard-boiled Film Noir" by Gaylyn Studlar (an analysis of Double Indemnity)
1952 – Dir. Kelly & Donan
Resources:
"Winking at the Audience" by Jane Feuer (an analysis of Singin' in the Rain)
CONTEMPORARY CONNECTION:
1954 – Dir. Elia Kazan
Resources:
"Contender: Mastering the Method" (Short documentary on On the Waterfront)
On the Waterfront by Robert Sklar (a short essay on On the Waterfront)
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1955 – Dir. Nicholas Ray
1959 – Dir. Edward D. Wood Jr.
1959 – Dir. Billy Wilder
Additional Selections:
The Big Sleep (1946, Dir. Howard Hawks)
Notorious (1946, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
Rope (1948, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948, Dir. John Huston)
Double Indemnity, Singin' in the Rain, On the Waterfront, Rear Window, Rebel Without a Cause, The Searchers, Plan 9 from Outer Space, Some Like it Hot