Film Noir
Film Noir
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Film Noir meaning black film or film of the night, was prevalent in post world war 2 in America and found a popular audience in France and got his name from the French critics. The term is most often applied to crime dramas.
A genre that won’t mess you about and misleads you into thinking there will be a happy ending.
The locations reek of the night, shadows, taxi drivers and bartenders who have seen it all, and also everybody in film noir seems to be smoking all the time.
There’s usually mysterious death, cheating and emotion manipulation by the female roles whilst the men wearing suits and ties are either taken for a sucker or play a role in solving everything for the sake of their poker game of deadly love.
The Anti-hero is present and he’s got a bad side but we as audience feel compelled to feel and sympathize with him, it’s the dark side inside all of us that attracts us to step one foot beyond the line of morality, some sort of a vigilante that is working against the evils but braking the law at the same time.
Film Noir portrayal of women in the 40’s and 50’s as a fascinating, sexy but dangerous character who viscously goes after money and power and won’t stop until she gets she wants even if that means murder, gave this type of women the femme fatale nickname which means deadly woman in French.
The transformation of the genre in neo-noir have helped to clarify some of the constant elements of the noir vision, most importantly the moral uncertainty of the protagonist and his or in neo-noir often her ill-fated relationship with a wider society that itself is guilty of corruption and criminality.
Sources: www.rogerebert.com www.filmnoirstudies.com
www.crimeculture.com
Presentation 1
Film Noir meaning black film or film of the night, was prevalent in post world war 2 in America and found a popular audience in France and got his name from the French critics. The term is most often applied to crime dramas.
A genre that won’t mess you about and misleads you into thinking there will be a happy ending.
The locations reek of the night, shadows, taxi drivers and bartenders who have seen it all, and also everybody in film noir seems to be smoking all the time.
There’s usually mysterious death, cheating and emotion manipulation by the female roles whilst the men wearing suits and ties are either taken for a sucker or play a role in solving everything for the sake of their poker game of deadly love.
The Anti-hero is present and he’s got a bad side but we as audience feel compelled to feel and sympathize with him, it’s the dark side inside all of us that attracts us to step one foot beyond the line of morality, some sort of a vigilante that is working against the evils but braking the law at the same time.
Film Noir portrayal of women in the 40’s and 50’s as a fascinating, sexy but dangerous character who viscously goes after money and power and won’t stop until she gets she wants even if that means murder, gave this type of women the femme fatale nickname which means deadly woman in French.
The transformation of the genre in neo-noir have helped to clarify some of the constant elements of the noir vision, most importantly the moral uncertainty of the protagonist and his or in neo-noir often her ill-fated relationship with a wider society that itself is guilty of corruption and criminality.
Sources: www.rogerebert.com www.filmnoirstudies.com
www.crimeculture.com