Hard boiled crime fiction was the preferred narrational source for film noir. Hard boiled writers had a style made to order for that kind of film
Film noir is one of those strange thing you cannot define, but when you see it, you know exactly what you’re seeing
It is probably no accident that the abundance of film exhibiting the femme fatale coincided with an advancement in the economic and social position of women
Expressionism, which tried to depict reality by disrupting it, proved to be a very important ingredient in filmmaking both in Germany and in Hollywood
Tough and cool on the outside, insecure and schismatic in the inside, the noir damaged hero is an expression of the social changes of 1940s America
Born out of film noir budget issues, the chiaroscuro technique came to symbolise the hero’s inner uncertainties and ambiguity
In Germany in the 1920s, it arose a national cinema of international influence: the Weimar Cinema and its Avant-garde Expressionism
In the 1940s, America was the perfect place where a phenomenon like film noir could manifest. Social anxiety, German Expressionism, popularity of films
What is film noir? Nobody is ever been eble to give a definite definition. Noir, as its characters and its situations, is an elusive beast
THE PAVEMENT is a short film noir produced by director Taylor Engel n 2015. Short and poignant.
UNDERWORLD is considered one of the first gangster movie (though not the very first one). Exciting plot, relatable characters. A great movie
“Imperfect” is a short film noir. The story revolves around a femme fatale, too perfect to be real. Or is she?