AN IN - DEPTH LOOK AT THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE GREATEST NOIR FILMS EVER MADE
eal-life bank robbers, twisted serial killers, and pulp novels have
Bonnie & Clyde, and Psycho, to The Godfather and LA Confidential, Max Décharné uncovers the little-known stories behind each of these classic films and more.
Thanks to Hollywood, failed bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are forever fixed in popular imagination. Middle-aged Wisconsin serial killer EdGein is now forever embodied in Anthony Perkin's unforgettable portrayal of Norman Bates in Hitchock's Psycho.
The true-life origins of these films are now revealed in Max Décharné's revelatory volumethe stories perhaps more fascinating than even their
Hollywood representations.