PPT-Film Noir and Frank Capra

Two sets of American films after the ending of WWII Nostalgic film old myths promulgated by earlier films ideas of nostalgia principles of selfsufficiency and manifest destiny Jeffersonian . Charles . Higham. and Joel Greenberg. ‘. Noir . Cinema’ (1968). And Billy Wilder’s . Double Indemnity. (1944). Noir . ambience: a dark street in the early morning hour; a dark street washed with a sudden downpour; haloes on lamps; a neon sign across the street; a man waiting to murder or be murdered. Context of forties. Disillusionment with American Dream – depression, war, etc. Gender issues. Hays code. German and Eastern European influence. Edward Hopper images of American life. Other aspects of Forties Noir. Today. :. What is the . film noir . genre?. Start watching “Gaslight”. Film Noir. A term used post WWII to describe early 1940s movies that were cynical and had dark themes. French for “black cinema”. Comparative Study. American Film – . Comparative Study. Context. Why are the classic noir films obsessed with the femme fatale?. Why are the male protagonists usually loners?. Why is the look of the films so stylised?. Films of the 1940s and the genre of film noir. Films during this time were often dramatic, melodramatic, or considered a film noir. Other genres like the musical and comedies were around still too.. WWII influenced what was made in Hollywood since it was a dark time in the US and films reflected it.. Is best known for his grim film-. noirish. comic book stories using characters like Batman and Daredevil as well as original works like Sin City.. In 1986, his most notable comic-book work, the groundbreaking "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns," an alternate history story about Batman in a grim future, was published by DC. . Victor Hsiao, Stephen Huang, Kevin Wang. What is Film Noir?. Film Noir – Black Film or Cinema. Coined by French film critics. Nino Frank (1946) started this term. Observed the ‘dark’, black, and downbeat look of American crime and detective films released in France in 1940’s. composing the scenes. Battleship Potemkin. - Sergei Eisenstein. Battleship Potemkin.  . is . a . 1925 silent film.  directed . by Sergei Eisenstein.  . . It . presents a dramatized version of . the mutiny . Keenan Parra. Beverly Ramos. Vivek. Reddy. Chris Ruiz. Daniel Yi . History of Film Noir. French phrase meaning “black film”. Film Noir was identified in 1946 following World War II and the German occupation of France. Made in the U.S.A.. American films produced by Hollywood in the 1930s and 40s. B movies. Common themes of loneliness, alienation, despair, violence. Character types: Anti social loner and femme fatale. Looking at what scares us. Defining thrillers. Thrillers have the fear and concept of danger, but thrillers have a stronger sense of suspense and the chase.. Defining terror. Terror. is usually described as the feeling of dread and anticipation that . Today. :. What is the . film noir . genre?. Start watching “Gaslight”. Film Noir. A term used post WWII to describe early 1940s movies that were cynical and had dark themes. French for “black cinema”. Disillusionment with American Dream – depression, war, etc. Gender issues. Hays code. German and Eastern European influence. Edward Hopper images of American life. Other aspects of Forties Noir. Studio-bound look to the genre. Detective films. Banned in occupied countries during the war. Noir refers to the low key lighting. Disenchantment, Doom . Cynical times. Great Depression 1930’s. World War II. Atomic Warfare. McCarthyism .