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THE ART OF NOIR:
THE POSTERS AND GRAPHICS
FROM THE
CLASSIC ERA OF FILM NOIR
Overlook Press
November 2002
Available in both hardcover and trade paper
Film Noir is all about style, even as much as it is
about crime. The poster art from the noir era has a
bold look and iconography all its own. A sizzling marriage
of sex and violence—the sinuous figures of femmes
fatales alongside the granite features of the tough
guy stars—made this artwork dynamic and dangerous.
The more than 330 dazzling posters included in this
volume range from classics Out of the Past, Touch
of Evil, and The Big Sleep to obscurities
such as The Devil Thumbs a Ride and Blonde
Ice. Featured are rare offerings from France, Germany,
Italy, Spain, Belgium, and Japan, rounding out the knockout
graphics of Hollywood. Background information is provided
on the illustrators, many of whom have rarely received
credit for their work.
The Art of Noir is the biggest selling poster
book in Overlook Press history, its been translated
into French by publishers Calmann-Levy, and its was
nominated by the Mystery Writers of America and Mystery
Readers International as the Best Critical/Biographical
Work of 2002. It’s a lurid and indispensable companion
for movie buffs and collectors, as well as artists and
designers.
SAYS EDDIE
"Sometimes selling
a book is blissfully simple. I sent a two paragraph
fax to Overlook and said 'Somebody’s going to do
a film noir poster book and it might as well be me.'
It took about two years to assemble and every minute
was fun. If you don’t love this stuff, you’re
not an American—or French, Italian, German, British,
Spanish, Japanese, Swedish . . . A dame with generous
decolletage brandishing a .38—who doesn’t
love that?"
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