John Dahl and Neo-Noir

In <I>John Dahl and Neo-Noir: Examining Auteurism and Genre</I> Paul Monaco provides a focused inquiry into the first three feature films that director John Dahl made for theatrical release: <I>Kill Me Again</I> (1989) <I>Red Rock West</I> (1993) and <I>The Last Seduction</I> (1994). The importance of these three films and Monaco's investigation of them is how they illuminate a modern director's creative process in relation to the emerging genre of neo-noir.