First thrillers in mainstream cinema
- Hugely popular
- Efectively use of mise-en-scene and lighting
- Highly influentional
Film Noir includes:
- A hero with a past
- A fatal woman
- Always set in the big American cities
- Most popular after WW2
Themes: sexual politics, deception, crime
Expressionist- style
Fact file- the city
- Sin is rife
- Impersonal setting
- Capitalist setting
- Dark place
- Unfriendly place
- Modern place
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