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Friday 1 March 2013
Film Noir: Black Film
Film Noir: Black Film Film noir is a cinematic
term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywoodcrime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical
attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classical film noir period is
generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. Film
noir of this era is associated with a low-keyblack-and-white visual style that has
roots in German Expressionistcinematography. Many of the prototypical stories and much of
the attitude of classic noir derive from the hardboiled school of crime fiction that emerged in the United States during the Great Depression.
The term film noir, French for "black
film," first applied to Hollywood films by French critic Nino Frank in 1946, was unrecognized by most American film
industry professionals of that era.[2] Cinema historians and critics defined the category
retrospectively. Before the notion was widely adopted in the 1970s, many of the
classic films noirs were referred to as melodramas. Whether film noir qualifies as a distinct genre is a matter of ongoing debate.
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