30/10/2010

Definition: Film Noir

Coined by French critics studying monochrome detective and thriller movies in the 1940s, film noir is characterised as being menacing, pessimistic, fatalistic, cynical and sexually driven. The films are stereotypically black and white, and the characters are desperate cynics. Murders and corrupt police activity are a staple in the key lit urban setting.
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  1. vmb18 October 2010 at 08:05

    Jack you are very behind with your homework. You have not posted any of your case studies onto your blog.
    I'm waiting for analysis of clips from the following 4 films:

    Kill Bill 2
    Once Upon a Time in America
    Witness
    Essex Boys.

    Also your labels are not complete. Could you please sort these out, email me if you are having problems.

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