Film Noir is a film genre set in the 1930s which originated in America. Some of the most popular film Noirs include Casablanca, released in 1942,which is about an expatriate who is reunited with a former lover,and set in the early times of the war. A lot of smoke and shadows associated with these films to to add the mystery of the characters, this might of been on accident to give this effect as people didn't know th problems of smoking back then. Even though most film noirs are in black and white, colour was available , but the producers chose to have it in black and white as the lighting contrasted with the Sunset Boulevard, released in 1950, which is about a screen writer who writes a screen play for a silent film star.
The third man, released in 1949, when a pulp novelist goes to post-war Vienna to discover his friends mysterious death.
However there are many modern Film Noir feature films called Neo-Noir. Such as Sin City, released in 2005 and Misfits, released in 2009 in series 4 episode 4, where they did a Noir special.
Neo-noir show the key features of film Noir which has a modern interpretation to an old classic, and sometimes adapts and distorts the typical themes of a Film Noir feature film. Film noir's were set post war, so that is why it was so violent because that is what the people were used to seeing. to the historical background white males where the most powerful in this time so it was unlikely to see a black person / woman to take the leading roles. woman where seen as the entertainment for the men and to seduce them, hence why a lot of the women had to entice the men to get then to do what they want. Film noirs feature an everyman (the average man, who is troubled by his past, and usually finds himeself in a mess by the end ny the femme fetale),a femme fetale (A manipulative women who gets what she wants by having sex with the men, the men normally do her dirty work and from the heartless woman she is then puts all the blame on the man when the police arive or gets another man to kill him) and sometimes a villain or a bad guy of some sort ( usually have connections with the femme fetal or out to kill or gets by the everyman).
However there are many modern Film Noir feature films called Neo-Noir. Such as Sin City, released in 2005 and Misfits, released in 2009 in series 4 episode 4, where they did a Noir special.
Neo-noir show the key features of film Noir which has a modern interpretation to an old classic, and sometimes adapts and distorts the typical themes of a Film Noir feature film. Film noir's were set post war, so that is why it was so violent because that is what the people were used to seeing. to the historical background white males where the most powerful in this time so it was unlikely to see a black person / woman to take the leading roles. woman where seen as the entertainment for the men and to seduce them, hence why a lot of the women had to entice the men to get then to do what they want. Film noirs feature an everyman (the average man, who is troubled by his past, and usually finds himeself in a mess by the end ny the femme fetale),a femme fetale (A manipulative women who gets what she wants by having sex with the men, the men normally do her dirty work and from the heartless woman she is then puts all the blame on the man when the police arive or gets another man to kill him) and sometimes a villain or a bad guy of some sort ( usually have connections with the femme fetal or out to kill or gets by the everyman).
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