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Film Noir
Title: Film Noir
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 2517 | Pages: 10.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Film Noir
“Film Noir”
"Almost every critic has his own definition of film noir,
and a personal list of film titles and dates to back it
up." – (Schrader 2).
The United States of America emerged from World War II drastically different from when they entered. The American society had changed in every aspect, even the American ideology differed from earlier ages. These changes had cultural impact, and in the middle of these confused times there occurred something previously …showed first 75 words of 2517 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2517 total…a key element. The advent of gangsters and racketeering in the 1920s and '30s was another. These two major elements brought about a new look on movies and an end to Pollyanna attitudes, a mood reflected in noir's dark look. Technical developments were also important. Faster film stock (to film those dark scenes) and more mobile camera dollies made it possible for the camera to capture scenes that would have been difficult or impossible earlier.
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