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Film Noir:

Film Noir: The term originated in France during the 1940 s. In Francais, noir means dark, black, or murky; thus, Film Noir translates to Dark Cinema.

Film Noir: A type of crime film featuring cynical malevolent characters in a sleazy setting and an ominous atmosphere that is conveyed by shadowy photography and foreboding background music. (Merriam-Webster)

Film Noir: A style or genre of cinematographic film marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace. The term was originally applied by a group of French critics to American thriller or detective films made by directors such as Orson Welles, Fritz Lang, and Billy Wilder. (Google)

Film Noir:

Film Noir: Man’s inhumanity illustrated by testing moral absolutes and limits of the most jaded, insidious, and manipulative characters, who are pitted against each other. (Tony Fuller)

M (1931)

M (1931)

M (1931)

M (1931)

Dark Passage (1947)

Dark Passage (1947)

Dark Passage (1947)

Dark Passage (1947)

D. O. A. (1950)

D. O. A. (1950)

D. O. A. (1950)

D. O. A. (1950)

D. O. A. (1950)

touch of Evil (1958)

touch of Evil (1958)

touch of Evil (1958)

touch of Evil (1958)

touch of Evil (1958)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

sin city (2005)

sin city (2005)

sin city (2005)

sin city (2005)

sin city (2005)

Film Noir

Film Noir

Film Noir

Film Noir

Film Noir

Film Noir

Film Noir

Film Noir

Film Noir

Film Noir

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