Nightmare Alley | why remake a forgotten noir from the 1940’s?

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Guillermo del Toro’s latest film has nothing to do with monsters, but everything to do with regular ‘ol humans. How did he get into this noir carnival story, based on a book from the 1940’s? And what did the original author (of the book’s) life and work have to say about searching for answers? Come down this twisty, shadowy trail and learn with us!

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Extras:

• trailer, Nightmare Alley (2021) https://bit.ly/nightalley1

• article, on author William Lindsay Gresham https://bit.ly/nightalley2

• article, origin of the term “geek” https://bit.ly/nightalley3

• article, history of noir fiction https://bit.ly/nightalley4

• article, on the death of William Lindsay Gresham https://bit.ly/nightalley5

• full film, original Nightmare Alley (1947) https://bit.ly/nightalley6

• trailer, Shadowlands (CS Lewis film) (1993) https://bit.ly/nightalley7