<DIV>Film buffs explore the world of noir cinema in a Los Angeles context with this guide to noir films and their California settings. This book illustrates how these films use L.A.'s diverse cityscape and architecture to convey a unique vision of urban corruption and existential fatalism, in both the gritty downtown area and the outlying affluent communities like Malibu and Beverly Hills. Dozens of noir and neo-noir films are featured including classics such as <I>Double Indemnity</I>, <I>Kiss Me Deadly</I>, <I>Sunset Boulevard</I>, and <I>Touch of Evil </I>and more recent films such as <I>Mulholland Drive</I> and <I>Pulp Fiction</I>. More than 150 photographs?many never before published?further illustrate the rich and constantly changing backdrop of these movies.<BR></DIV>