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Nicholas Christopher, Somewhere in the Night (1997) While many critics refer to film noir as a genre itself, others argue that it can be no such thing. Foster Hirsch defines a genre as determined by "conventions of narrative structure, characterization, theme, and visual design." Hirsch, as one who has taken the position that film noir is a genre, argues that these elements are present "in ...
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Film noir is not a clearly defined genre (see here for details on the characteristics). Therefore, the composition of this list may be controversial. To minimize dispute the films included here should preferably feature a footnote linking to a reliable, published source which states that the mentioned film is considered to be a film noir by an expert in this field, e.g.
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In the outskirts of Paris, Franck Poupart sells goods door to door on commission, returning to a rundown apartment and a depressed wife. Franck often drinks excessively and suffers from frequent mood swings and other symptoms of withdrawal. Looking for a man called Tikides who owes him money, he calls on the decrepit house of an old woman, who says...
Pre-production
In 1978, Alain Corneau gained recognition with his feature films Police Python 357 and La Menace. For his next film, the director wished to shoot a film in the realistic vein of Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets without music but containing the hits of the time, in real settings. Corneau originally intended to collaborate with author Jim Thompson to adapt one of his novels, Pop 1280, but the project was aborted. Finally, the director focused on another Thompson novel, A Hell of a Woman, and wrot...
Filming
Série noire was filmed in six weeks with a budget of FRF 2 million. The film was shot mainly in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés and Créteil. Myriam Boyer also explains how “thin” the film's budget was, with a very small team. Being attentive to Dewaere's remarks, Corneau abandoned the idea of improvisations, but wanted spontaneous situations, taken on the spot. He innovates by shooting with two or three cameras with very little lighting (the chief operator Pierre-William Glenn will use film more sensit...
Released in French theaters on 25 April 1979 with a ban on under 18s, by 31 December 1979 the film had recorded 847,651 admissions, ranking it in 41st place in the annual box office.
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Sep 26, 2019 · 'Serie Noire,' Alain Corneau's 1979 adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel 'A Hell of a Woman,' gets a restoration courtesy of Rialto Pictures. 'Serie Noire' Review
Série noire is a seedy 1979 adaptation by French film director Alain Corneau of American author Jim Thompson's 1954 novel A Hell of a Woman. It depicts the increasingly misguided and downright comical criminal activities of Franck Poupart (Patrick Dewaere), a door-to-door salesman.
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With its portrayal of a man sliding inexorably into insanity, Série noire is a hard film to watch if you take it too seriously, but if you try to watch it as a comedy it somehow manages to feel even more disturbing. It is as if we can no longer distinguish black from white. This was Alain Corneau's fourth full-length film and came straight ...
May 4, 2020 · Directed by Alain Corneau from a script by Corneau and Georges Pérec, Série Noire depicts the increasingly misguided and downright comical criminal activities of a door-to-door salesman who is convinced to commit murder by a sexy teenager. A madcap showcase for the unique talents of Patrick Dewaere, who died only three years later, Série ...
