Film Noir (Black Cinema)
Content
• crime
• corruption
• dark side of human beings
Theme
• fatalism (is unavoidable)
Main characters
• anti-hero
• femme fatale
Style
• low-key lighting
• gloomy atmosphere
Years : 1940s – 1950s
Influence : German expressionism
Examples
• Sunset Boulevard
• The Fallen Angel
• Touch of Evil (1958)
• Mildred Pierce (1945) - ‘noir’ melodrama
• Casablanca (1942) - American film noir
• The Dumb Die fast, The Smart Die Slow