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''Fallen Angels'' is an American neo-noir anthology television series that ran from 1993 to 1995 on the Showtime pay cable station and was produced by Propaganda Films. No first-run episodes were shown in 1994. The series was executive produced by Sydney Pollack and produced by Steve Golin and others. The theme song was written by Elmer Bernstein and the original music was written by Peter Bernstein. Period torch songs by performers like Patti Page and Billie Holiday were used periodically. In Europe, the show is known as ''Perfect Crimes'' and shown in France on Canal +, and in England. ==Series overview== The series is set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and before the election of American president John F. Kennedy. The episodes, although filmed in color, mimicked what had been done by Hollywood filmmakers during the ''film noir'' era of the 1940s and 1950s in terms of tone, look, and story content. The television program was produced using top-notch directors, well-known hard-boiled fiction writers, experienced screenplay writers, inventive cinematographers (who recreated the ''film noir'' images), and actors. The art direction gave the series the ambiance and historical look required of a show devoted to ''noir'' set in Los Angeles. A few known actors went behind the camera to direct a few episodes. They include: Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, and Kiefer Sutherland. Each episode begins with a cool and restrained jazz score as the sultry character Fay Friendly (Lynette Walden) explained to the audience what would develop in the episode. Her words are wistful, melancholic and foreshadowed the pain to come. Neo-noir novelist James Ellroy said of the show: "It's a role call of tormented souls confronting their monsters within; it's a picaresque look at Los Angeles back in the forties. It's the world of pulp on celluloid, pure translations that augment the stark power of great short fiction." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fallen Angels (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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