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This Bibliography is a listing of books written or edited by Alain Silver. Links keyed to the book covers are, where available, more detailed page or for use in ordering the book (either directly from the publishers or from Amazon on-line). Links to Articles in Internet Magazines & Sites. For full Library of Congress Online Catalog GO HERE. For titles which are "Out of Stock" from Amazon use Bookfinder.com or Bibliofind.
Most Recent Film Noir Anthologies
Film Light and Shadow, a new anthology of essays about noir visual style (published Winter, 2017).
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Film Noir Prototypes: Origins of the Movement, an anthology of essays about noir precursors. (Spring, 2018) 
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Film Noir Taschen Biblioteca Universalis: small, hardcover reference (Fall, 2017)
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Film Noir Compendium: Key Selections from the Film Noir Reader series (Fall, 2016)
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The Film Noir Jigsaw: A Critical History of Writing about the Classic Period. A revised and expanded [from the 3rd edition of Film Noir An Encyclopedia Reference]
survey of writing about film noir from 1945 to present.
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The Zombie Film: from White Zombie to World War Z (Spring, 2014) CLICK HERE
or on the COVER to ORDER
Film Noir Graphics: Where Danger Lives, an oversized, full-color survey of the style of posters that were used in the classic period of film noir. Published September, 2012. CLICK ON COVER FOR MORE INFORMATION.
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Film Noir The Directors March, 2012 by Limelight Editions, this is a survey of almost 30 the more prominent
directors of the classic period of Film Noir, with over 500 illustrations many of which are keyed to comments on noir visual style. CLICK HERE
or on the COVER to ORDER (Amazon displays only book's Front Cover)
Filmmaker/Writer Studies
James Wong Howe The Camera Eye Published by Pendragon Books, this is an extensively annotated and profusely illustrated adaptation of a career interview
with over 500 images, many of which are keyed to Howe's methods and shooting style, and a complete filmography of his work. CLICK on the COVER for more details
or Here to Order from Anazon.
David
Lean and His Films, First Edition published by
Leslie Frewin Ltd. in 1974. Second Edition published by Silman-James in
1992. With a Preface by Robert Wise.
"This is the kind of book every legendary director deserves and few
of them ever receive: a carefully observed, clearly written, critically
alert analysis of his body of work. This is film scholarship at the highest
level, and a book that is in every sense worthy of its great subject."
Richard Schickel
What Ever Happened to Robert Aldrich?, published
by Limelight Editions in 1995. A biography and critical study of the producer/director
of films as diverse asKiss Me Deadly and The
Dirty Dozen. CLICK HERE for links to a Kiss Me Deadly
articles on-line or to go to a Career Article on Aldrich at Senses of Cinema. Get the book now from
Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles. [USE THIS LINK TO VIEW PHOTOS AND TEXT EXCERPTS]
First published by the Overlook Press in 1987 and reissued in 1998.
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HERE for the Abrams/Overlook Press Web Site.
"With appropriate text and commentary for each photograph, in some ways, Ward and Silver revive Raymond Chancler's world more effectively than [Robert] Parker [in The Poodle Springs Story].... My favorite shot is the Santa Monica pier where Marlowe caught the water taxi to the Montecito gambling ship in Farewell, My Lovely. The Pier, in its splendid desolation, still evokes 1935 like an Edward Hopper painting." The Village Voice
Roger Corman: Metaphysics on a Shoestring by Silman/James (March, 2005). A critical study of the most prolific producer/director in motion picture history from Day the World Ended to Frankenstein Unbound with everything in between. [Click on title or cover for Amazon]
Genre Studies
The Vampire Film, First
Edition published by A.S. Barnes in 1974. Second & Third editions published by Limelight
Editions in 1993 & 1997. SECOND PRINTING (September 20, 2011): The Completely Updated and Redesigned 4th Edition, "From Nosferatu to True Blood," [Click on Cover for more
details.]
from Amazon
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L.A. Noir: the city as character, published by the Santa Monica Press
(October, 2005). A Southern California Booksellers Association nominee for best 2006 non-fiction. CLICK HERE
for more information from Santa Monica Press
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"A top flight piece of work" Walter
Hill "It's what you always want in a film reference book,
but rarely find: comprehensive, intelligently organized, voluminously illustrated,
and possessed of its own distinctive voice." Lawrence Kasdan
Film Noir from Taschen Books
Film
Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style, First Edition
published by The Overlook Press in 1979. Third Edition published in 1993
including an extensive essay on Neo-Noir.
Film
Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style, 4th Edition, is now known as Film Noir the Encyclopedia
Published by Overlook Press in May 2010. Click On Cover for MORE INFO OR
Film
Noir Reader, published by Limelight Editions in 1996, this book
is the definitive collection of the development of critical thinking about
film noir. [CLICK HERE or on
the Cover for the index page, excerpts, and ordering information (from
Amazon and Limelight).]FILM NOIR READER from Amazon
Film
Noir Reader 2, from Limelight Editions, this companion volume includes more hard-to-find seminal essays and distinguished articles on the classic period of noir.
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PUBLISHED IN WINTER, 2002 - Film Noir Reader 3, from Limelight Editions, contains 18 never-before-published interviews and commentaries with filmmakers from the classic period of noir.
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PUBLISHED IN FALL, 2004 - Film Noir Reader 4, from Limelight Editions, containing 21 new case studies and essays on noir.
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The Noir Style, an oversized volume (12 by 12 inches) published by the Overlook Press, this is the first book-length study of the visual style of film noir featuring over 150 high quality, duotone illustrations. Click Cover for information or CLICK HERE to order from
either hardcover or paperback Amazon Prime with a 30% discount.
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with a new Cover.
The
Samurai Film, First Edition (left) published by A.S. Barnes in
1977. Second Edition (right) published by The Overlook Press in 1983.
and paper Novmber, 2006.
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More Things Than Are Dreamt Of, published by Limelight Editions
in 1995, this is a companion volume to The Vampire Film,
which examines classic of supernatural literature and film from Mary Shelley
to Stephen King. With a Preface by William Peter Blatty. [CLICK HERE
or on the Cover for an excerpt and ordering information (from Amazon
and Limelight).] or get the book now from
Film Production
The
Film Director's Team, First Edition published by Simon & Schuster
in 1983. Second Edition published by Silman-James in 1992. An introduction
to Production Management and Assistant Directing including numerous sample
schedules and actual budgets.
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Film Budgeting,
An introduction to Production Budgeting published by Lone Eagle.
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an analysis of Ride the Pink Horse
Links to Internet Journals & Essays
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The
explanation of the original ending of Kiss Me Deadly.
A survey of the films of genre director Mario Bava, updated from the original Photon Magazine article and featuring several animated GIFs.
A career article on Robert Aldrich for Senses of Cinema 
An essay on Samurai Spy for the Criterion Collection DVD release. 
An Interview with Andre de Toth from Film Noir Reader 3 at Senses of Cinema
An Excerpt from The Samurai Film, 3rd Edition at Senses of Cinema
Notes on Emperor of the North Pole for Senses of Cinema
Reprint of the 1998 article about Nanook of the North from the now defunct
Oneworld Magazine. 
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