Film Noir Fate Vs The Working Stiff

Film Noir In The Public Domain Vol II

Bernie Dowling

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Bent Banana Books
30 September 2024

Film theory & criticism; Film movie guides & reviews

Series: Film Noir in the Public Domain

In his film noir second volume, Bernie Dowling reviews films about ordinary jobs in a greedy crime-ridden society. Fate Vs The Working Stiff explores an ignored noir sub-genre in five pictorial essays and hundreds of photos.

The 2023 extended Hollywood actors' and writers' strike challenged the invasion of AI into their workplace.

Noir writer Philip Yordan used pattern recognition, the basic principle of AI, from the 1940s, a decade before the first academic book on the subject. So, have the ethical conundrums of AI already been a part of Hollywood since its Golden Age? The intriguing Yordan also appropriated the works of other writers and received an Academy Award for nothing.

With humor, cultural analysis, and a passion for film noir, Dowling investigates the representation of the working class during the aftermath of economic depression and war.

The dark undercurrents of Hollywood at work are fascinating on and off the screens.

By: Bernie Dowling
Imprint: Bent Banana Books
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 1.007kg
ISBN: 9780648687979
ISBN 10: 064868797X
Series: Film Noir in the Public Domain
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 30 September 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bernie Dowling is a veteran journalist enjoying decades covering arts, entertainment, and politics. He is the author of the neo-noir novel Iraqi Icicle and the anticorruption non-fiction, Maaate! Bribe-Proofing The Public Purse Against Good Blokes. Dowling is one of the many film-noir lovers throughout the world.