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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 ...
- Italian Neorealism
Italian neorealism (Italian: Neorealismo), also known as the...
- German Expressionism
The style extended to a wide range of the arts, including...
- Robert Siodmak
Early life. Siodmak was born in Dresden, Germany, the son of...
- Stranger on The Third Floor
Stranger on the Third Floor is a 1940 American film noir...
- The Set-Up
The Set-Up is a 1949 American film noir boxing drama...
- The Big Combo
The Big Combo is a 1955 American crime film noir directed by...
- Italian Neorealism
Jul 10, 2018 · See The Top 5 San Francisco Film Noir Classics of the 1940s. Originally published on Fandor, 2017 . Gustavus Kundahl is a San Francisco writer who enjoys three-minute workouts, two-minute songs ...
Jul 10, 2018 · Woman On The Run (1950) Vivacious and razor-sharp Texas beauty queen Anne Sheridan elevates this once forgotten noir treasure into the realm of high art. World weary, cynical and sarcastic, and ...
Jul 7, 2020 · The term film noir, is, of course French, and was used by critics who had been starved of Hollywood films during WWII in France until the summer of 1946, when Parisian audiences were suddenly graced with the release of five “movies which shared a strange and violent tone, tinged with a unique kind of eroticism: John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon [1941], Otto Preminger’s Laura, Edward ...
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film noir , (French: “dark film”) Film genre that offers dark or fatalistic interpretations of reality. The term is applied to U.S. films of the late 1940s and early ’50s that often portrayed a seamy or criminal underworld and cynical characters. The films were noted for their use of stark, expressionistic lighting and stylized camera ...
With its reputation as a shadowy land of easy vice and hard virtue, San Francisco provided the ideal setting for many of the greatest films noir, from classics like The Maltese Falcon and Dark Passage to obscure treasures like Woman on the Run and D.O.A., and neo-noirs like Point Blank and The Conversation.
Nov 15, 2016 · One Man Scours San Francisco for the Traces of Film Noir. Brian Hollins has spent the last 16 years on the trail of movie locations all over the city. The Talbot-Dutton House was used for a brief ...
