Noir and Hard-boiled
Thursday, April 2, 2015 – 6:30pm – 8:00pm
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Presentations
| Title | Body | Presenter | Affiliation | Presentation type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Reason for Pessimism: Exploring Aki Kaurismäki’s Finnish ‘Noir’ | It’s no surprise that the director who declared that, “Hollywood is the reason I make the films… | K. A. Laity | The College of Saint Rose | Paper |
| “British Noir and W. Somerset Maugham’s ‘The Letter’: from Short Story to Film.” | “British Noir and W. Somerset Maugham’s ‘The Letter’: from Short Story to Film.” | Gary Hoppenstand | Michigan State University | Paper |
| Investigating Contemporary German Culture: Jakob Arjouni’s Hard-Boiled Assessment | Although Jakob Arjouni’s fictional private eye Kemal Kayankaya claims to be indifferent to… | Heike Henderson | Boise State University | Paper |
| Asking the Right Questions: Fighting “Crime” in True Detective | Most reviews of the 2014 HBO miniseries True Dectective discuss its connections to the… | Yvonne Hammond | West Virginia University | Paper |
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