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... With the 1940’s arrived the emergence of a new genre of film. ... When it’s done, you have a “film noir.”
Classic film noir has many characteristics. ... In early noir, this role was usually played as a hard-nosed man of the streets who “used his fists as often as his wits.” Other characteristics of film noir are plot twists, razor-sharp dialogue, dark or cynical characters, and moody lighting. Film noir was in its prime from the early 1940’s until the mid-1950’s.
Essentially, film noir was born in 1941 with the release of John Huston’s directorial debut, The Maltese Falcon. This film is widely accepted as the first bona fide film noir. ... Early in the film, after his partner is killed, about which he barely batted an eye, he has the dead man’s desk removed from the office and his name expunged from the door. ... Although the femme fatale doesn’t entirely bring the downfall of the protagonist Bogart, she does have him doubting both himself and her motives throughout the entire film. He realizes early in the film that she isn’t as blameless as she seems, and he directly tells her this when he says, ‘‘Youre good. ... This film made Bogart an icon, not just in film in general, but ultimately in film noir.
A lesser-known film is The Lady From Shanghai. In this labyrinthine film, written, directed and produced by Orson Welles, a man is hired on by a rich couple to work on their yacht and is drawn into a world of greed and murder.
Approximate Word count = 1232
Approximate Pages = 4.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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