Monday, 29 September 2014

Notes (17th September)

Why study film Noir?

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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