Summary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARSummary: Daniel Kremer's Overwhelm the Sky is an epic odyssey of a spiritually shell-shocked man searching for answers in a world of loners, mourners, kooks, seducers, deceivers, and sleepwalkers. The San Francisco Chronicle aptly describes it as 'part noir, part epic journey from inner mind to outer expanses.' Loosely adapted from the 1799 gothic novel Edgar Huntly, or Memoirs of a Sleepwalker by...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA OVESummary: Bait: A tale of deception and seduction, directed by and starring Hugo Haas features three people searching for a lost gold mine: the dangerous Marko, young miner Ray and the comely Peggy. As Marko and Ray search for the mine, Peggy arrives, stirring Ray's passion and igniting Marko's suspicion. As months pass, the three find themselves closing in on the mine, but the tension between them is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019