ENGB75H3 Study Guide - Film Noir, Edward Hopper, Nino Frank
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People debated whether film noir was even a genre. Detour (1945) seductive woman and detective man. The film noir trajectory: chance encounter with a femme fatale, coercive negotiation (manipulation, treachery and denial (confrontation, mutual exploitation and destruction (no happy ending) A new police genre: the criminal adventure, nino frank (august 1946, l"ecran francais) There is nothing remarkable in the fact that today"s viewers are more responsive to *film. Noir"s+ stamp of verisimilitude, of true to life," and, why not, to the kind of gross cruelties which actually exist and the past concealment of which has served no purpose: the struggle to survive is not a new story. Many were from germany and left with the rise of. Filmmakers were also very limited due to economic reasons. These movies expose the system behind (while he tries to connect with sue they expose" the people who connect the lines). They did not make a lot of money and presented their struggle.
