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Film Noir


Film noir was discovered and named by two French film critics in 1946. Film noir ("black film") refers to the dark or shadowed look and mood of an American film style largely influenced by German and Austrian directors. Plots center on events that often occur at night, and the characters tend to be cynical and disillusioned, but usually likable. The male protagonist faces a moral dilemma or threat and there is usually an alluring, sassy, dangerous woman. The dialog tends to be crisp and often witty.
These films evolved in the 1940s and lasted in a classic period until about 1960.



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Film Noir Reader - In-depth essays and interviews with filmmakers.
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Film Noir - Descriptions of various sub-genres with synopses of example films to illustrate distinctions.
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Kat Black's Film Noir Freebies - Backgrounds and buttons for film noir sites.
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Dark City - Film Noir and Fiction - Summaries, reviews and art work for noir films and books.
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Film Noir: Classic Images - Photos from a wide variety of titles.
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Narrative Innovations in Film Noir - A look at one of the most imporant, and often overlooked, aspects of film noir: the form of the narrative.
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Noir City - Author Eddie Muller introduces his books on film noir and the people who made the genre great.
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Classic Noir Online - The Hardboiled World of Classic Film Noir includes articles, recommendations and more than 600 films.
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Dr. Noir's Crime Posters - Authentic posters and lobby cards for sale. Provides images, details of the condition, and ordering information.
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The Incredible World of Bowling Noir - An essay by William Preston Robertson on bowling scenes in film noir. Definitely a new twist on things.
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Top 25 Films Noir - Eric Enders' list of top 25 Noir films.
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Reel Movie Critic - Reviews of classic Noir and Neo-noir films.
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MGM Film Noir - A look at three of the studio's films noirs: Desire Me, Keeper of the Flame and A Woman's Face.
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Hard-Boiled Mysteries - History of the genre, with links and film recommendations. Also looks at related Noir-like Sci-fi, Western and War films.
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About: Film Noir - Brad Lang picks the best film noir sites.
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Film Noir on TV - TV-Now's full schedule of all the Film Noir playing on television this month.
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The Danger & Despair Knitting Circle - Noir resources including a club that trades, swaps, buys and sells video and 16mm films.
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The Noir Files - Reviews of vintage and neo-noir films.
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Film Noir - Overview of the development of film noir and literary noir in postwar America.
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What is This Thing Called Film Noir? - Roger Westcombe discusses the dark film, post-war malaise and Noir's spiderweb of fate.
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Top Film-Noir Films - Internet Movie Database users vote for the top fifty all-time Film Noir movies.
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