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This dossier examines a set of four Hollywood ‘B’ film series of the 1930s and 1940s – anchored by the figures of Hildegarde Withers (six films between 1932 and 1937), Torchy Blane (nine films between 1937 and 1939), Nancy Drew (four films from 1938 and 1939) and Blondie (28 films between 1938 and 1950) – which have come to be understood as an ‘empowered women’ cycle.
A stage in creating criticism wherein the critic selectively identifies those aspects of the film that are relevant for the critical argument being developed A mode of criticism aimed at a specialized audience of scholars, employing technical vocab and looking at significance of films in relation to issues of film/theory history
Film noir is a term coined by French critics in 1946 to describe what they considered an emerging and exciting trend in Hollywood films—one that signaled a new maturity in American cinema. The term translates into English as “black film,” and the darkness to which it refers applies both to the grim themes and events in many of these ...
Nov 19, 2021 · “Film noir” was first applied to a group of American films by French critics in 1955, when the genre was already fading from fashion. What those critics meant is still the subject of endless argument. Let’s just say that film noir is more a mood than a category: cynical, sardonic, often bleak, even when happy endings are tacked on.
Sep 28, 2014 · The term “film noir” was coined by French film critics, unbeknownst to American filmmakers during the period of classic film noir (i.e., while they were making these movies), and wasn’t part of the American film vocabulary until after that classic period had ended.
Hollywood in the studio system was an assembly line with films produced on a large scale, collaborative effort. But one film critic would really bring our tourism to the American public eye Andrews Sarris Sara’s writing for film culture Cree the term tour theory in his landmark essay notes on the tour theory in 1962.
Jun 27, 2021 · Though, Hollywood’s film noir stretches back to the 1920s. Film noir literally translates to “black cinema” and French critics used it to describe Hollywood movies that were saturated with darkness and pessimism not seen before. It’s hard to say if it's is a genre or style, and the elements of noir listed below do not all have to be ...
