FILM
NOIR
Film noir refers to a
to a series of downbeat, gritty crime and action movies made in the 1940s and
1950s. This film uses a shadowy, moody visual style that was inspired by
European movies of the 1920s. According to Corin, a filmmaker and film
critic, film noir are tales of survival. The film noir style also have the
"femme fatale." Voluptuous, scheming, and usually smarter than the
male characters of film noir,these bad girls became an icon of the genre. Many
a film noir plot hinges on the actions of a double-dealing, razor-sharp female
character.
The term "film noir" was invented by a French
film critic. In their time, these distinctive movies were just considered
thrillers, suspense pictures, or crime melodramas. By the end of the 1940s,
this eerie style was the standard for Hollywood's depictions of the world of
criminals, cops, and private eyes.
The setting of film noir is somewhat large and oppressive
city , it is filmed in dark and dusky conditions to create a moody atmosphere.
The common subjects of noir films include murder investigations, heists, con
games, and mostly innocent men or women wrongly accused of crime.
The
film noir style also enabled Hollywood filmmakers to tackle tough subjects,
such as corruption, addiction, and moral decay. Hollywood movies were required,
by the Production Code, to punish wrong-doers and praise lawmen. The film noir
style hid, in its shadows, a world that wasn't about good and evil. Its heroes
are often fallen from grace, and its villains often have a seductive appeal.
Good guys can go bad, and bad guys can develop a conscience in the world of
film noir. You might say film noir is in the eye of the beholder, but some
things, at least from my perspective, are essential. Foremost, a noir is black
and white. This goes to the heart of the genre.
That may seem obvious but there have been a number of films made in
color, which have tried to emulate noir style.
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