Download or read book Noir Style written by Alain Silver and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The photos in this book include production stills from many noir gems which illustrate the style and capture the impact of this atmospheric cinematic genre. The accompanying text explores the origins of noir and its history from the early 1940s to the present day.