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Apr 6, 2024 · The debate over whether film noir is a distinct genre or a stylistic approach persists. However, its identifiable characteristics — low-key lighting, unbalanced compositions, themes of crime and ...
Nov 1, 2015 · Whether you consider film noir an era or a genre is up to you, but films designated as such generally share common elements such as low-key high-contrast lighting, gumshoe detectives, femme...
Mar 8, 2024 · Thus, turning to violence and crime as a means to heal their despair. These themes are what comprise the structure of the classic film noir. They are also what make the films so enjoyable and compelling.
- The Blue Dahlia. (1946) The tagline says it all about this movie, "Tamed by a brunette - framed by a blonde - blamed by the cops!" Raymond Chandler wrote this screenplay also.
- Niagara. (1953) This was actually a very good movie. Marilyn Monroe is well cast as the disgruntled Rose Loomis. A couple of clever lines of dialogue occur when Ray Cutler (Max Showalter) commenting a particularly revealing dress worn by Monroe asks his wife Polly Cutler (Jean Peters) "Why don't you ever get a dress like that?"
- Kansas City Confidential. (1952) This is a very good heist – film noir movie. John Payne gave one of his better performances. He was accompanied by four of Hollywood’s hardest working character actors, Preston Foster, Neville Brand, Jack Elam and always tough guy Lee Van Cleef.
- This Gun for Hire. (1942) Veronica Lake (the quintessential Hollywood blonde bomb shell) co-stars with Alan Ladd and Robert (Seventy-six trombones) Preston.
101 titles. 1. Double Indemnity (1944) Passed | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir. 8.3. Rate. 95 Metascore. A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.
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Mar 6, 2020 · The glory days of the classic film noir era, the 1940s and 50s, aligned with the period during which the overwhelming majority of theatrical posters were hand-drawn or painted. Ironically enough, despite that more a conceited effort was invested to make beautiful looking advertisements, the studios nevertheless held more power than the artists ...
100 Greatest Posters of Film Noir. in Art, Film | February 11th, 2011 Leave a Comment. During the 1940s and 50s, Hollywood entered a “noir” period, producing riveting films based on hard-boiled fiction. These films were set in dark locations and shot in a black & white aesthetic that fit like a glove.
