French Film Noir: Touchez pas au Grisbi and Ascenseur pour l’échafaud Azaria Wassyihun Film Noir is often regarded as a uniquely American phenomenon. The particular context these films were produced in‚ marked by the post-war period‚ infused these films with a unique style Hollywood had never encountered before. America might have been the adequate setting for this unique phenomenon to occur‚ but film noir would not be the same without it’s international aspects. Famous Austrian born directors
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photography‚ It is because of my admiration of classic Hollywood movies I have decided to recreate Film noir style images that will look like film stills‚ most of them staged‚ models performing and dressed as different characters as expected in Film noir style movies. I see Film noir as stylistic approach to photography‚ it is beautiful and inventive cinematography that is still highly popular within modern film industry. What draws my attention to it is black and white contrast photos with intense shadow
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Film Noir Presentation 1 Film Noir meaning black film or film of the night‚ was prevalent in post world war 2 in America and found a popular audience in France and got his name from the French critics. The term is most often applied to crime dramas. A genre that won’t mess you about and misleads you into thinking there will be a happy ending. The locations reek of the night‚ shadows‚ taxi drivers and bartenders who have seen it all‚ and also everybody in film noir seems to be smoking all
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Cisneros Film Noir Assignment 1--How is the mood of Sunset Boulevard representative of the Film Noir style? The mood of the film is immediately established as decadent and decaying by the posthumous narrator - a dead man floating face-down in a swimming pool in Beverly Hills. As we fade backward into the story‚ we quickly come to understand that this film is about "behind the scenes" Hollywood‚ self-deceit‚ spiritual and spatial emptiness‚ and the price of fame‚ greed‚ narcissism‚ and ambition
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WHAT IS FILM NOIR? Actually‚ I am tempted to answer: "Film noir is a label which film critics use merely because it sounds good." The correct pronunciation is [film nwar] by the way. Originally‚ it is a French expression‚ meaning "black cinema". The term was borrowed from "roman noir"‚ gothic horror stories from 19th century England. The thing is that film noir cannot easily be defined. There are a few movies which most cineastes and critics label film noir‚ though. I would like to divide these
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Film noir "Film Noir" is a term that was applied to a style of American cinema that was popular in the 1930’s and 40’s. The term translates to "Black Film‚" which refers to both the characteristic lighting and the dark subject matter. Noir films often depict different aspects of the criminal underworld‚ and are most commonly set in the ’mean streets’ of the city. Many of the most recognizable early noir films were mysteries involving a hard-boiled detective like Sam Spade (played by Humphrey Bogart)
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The Lights of Casablanca -An indepth look into the lighting techniques employed and the context in which they were used‚ caught between film noir and the classic Hollywood style. Casablanca (1942)‚ directed by Michael Curtiz‚ is a perennial favorite‚ depicting unique Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman characters caught in situations out of their control. While the film’s story is engaging on many levels‚ Curtiz’s use of lighting is an integral tool he uses to help tell of the story. Previously
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Howell Film 2700 12 November 2012 Word Count: 1411 Film Noir to Neo-Noir: A Shift in Cultural Tides Film noir of the 1940s captivated audiences through its distinct form of storytelling. Strongly influenced by German Expressionism‚ these films have a definitive look and style that still resonates with modern audiences today. Like other classical Hollywood genres‚ film noir sought to bring to light tensions felt within society‚ namely those that affected men following World War II. Neo-noir films
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The term film noir can be defined as a style of film which was marked by a period of pessimism‚ self doubt and fatalism. The term was applied by French critics in the 1946 to a group of US films that were made during the war and that were released in quick succession after 1945. Ultimately there has been much debate surround the ambiguity of the term‚ but it is now understood that film noir is more of a narrative and stylistic tendency and ultimately “a critical category” rather than a genre in
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Media genres are a reflection of society. Film noir is a movie that conveys a mood of pessimism‚ fatalism‚ menace and cynical characters. French critics used it to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s. The term literally means ‘Black Film’ and features extremely negative themes. Fedora hats‚ trench coats and nighttime make up some of the distinguishing features of film noir. Film Noir of this era is associated with low-key black and white visual styles that have roots in
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