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  1. 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.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Film_noirFilm noir - Wikipedia

    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 ...

    • United States
    • early 1920s – late 1950s
  3. Jan 29, 2023 · Body Heat (1981) R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Romance. During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband. Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson. Votes: 40,131 | Gross: $24.06M.

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  5. Dec 25, 2016 · Esta lista traz 20 dos melhores Noir do período clássico que tive o prazer de assistir até o momento. 25. White Heat (Fúria Sanguinária), 1949. Direção: Raoul Walsh. Parte do meu interesse por “White Heat” era por ele trazer James Cagney de volto ao seu clássico papel de gângster.

  6. Nov 27, 2020 · Twenty-first century noir. The term film noir may have come to refer to a body of US films made between 1941 and 1958, but it also conjures up a potent blend of cinematic style and dark material that still inspires directors around the world, among them the most formidable names in Hollywood and in arthouse cinema: Nolan, Lynch, Campion, Mann, Ceylan…

  7. May 29, 2018 · Film Noir. The genre known as film noir emerged from economic, political, and moral crises in European and American cultures in the years leading up to World War II.Its American origins are in the "toughguy" and "hard-boiled" novels that became popular in the 1920s and 1930s, and which, as Hollywood became more liberal in the 1940s and 1950s, could more easily be adapted for the movies than ...

  8. Jan 10, 2017 · Down the mean streets of film noir walk hardboiled detectives, slinky femme fatales, and all manner of corrupt and brutal criminals. What follows is an introduction to the genre of dark American thrillers that mirrored the urban malaise and social anxieties of the 1940s and 1950s. French critics assigned the term film noir in 1946, citing a ...

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