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Question by CJS: how do you interpret Film Noir in terms of the ‘Hollywood Style’?

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Answer by yellowshirt83
Detective movies

i think thats what you meant lol

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Question by Mark E: What film noir is this?
I have seen almost every film noir, but in the 1960′s, on TV, I saw a film about a guy wearing a trench coat. (I know, they all wore trench coats!) He had his arm in a sling at one point. He seemingly comes close to getting ‘whacked’ several times, and he has a friend who warns him to be careful all the time. At the end, he is walking on a sidewalk, a car pulls up and he is machine-gunned to death. His friend has watched the whole thing from an upstairs window and he is crying. Anyone know this?

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Answer by crash
Like you said, everybody wore trench coats. They also carried machine guns, so unless you have a few more details, I have no idea which movie you are referring to.

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Question by : where can you see characteristics of film noir in chinatown?

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Answer by BobWang
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Chinatown’s dark theme is one of the elements that places it in the category of neo-noir, the second generation of the genre known as film noir. Though the precise history of film noir is difficult to define (the term was coined in the journal Cahiers du Cinéma by Nino Frank in 1946), this genre evolved through a combination of German expressionistic drama (such as F. W. Murnau’s 1922 Nosferatu), American gangster film (Mervyn LeRoy’s 1931 Little Caesar), and popular British mystery novels (by Dorothy Sayers, H. C. Bailey, Agatha Christie, and the like). Several common features characterized film noir pictures, which were popular in the United States during the 1940s and early 1950s: the presence of a beautiful but dangerous woman (known as the femme fatale), gritty and generally urban settings, compositional tension (highly contrasting light and dark colors or oblique camera angles, for example), and themes of moral ambiguity and alienation. To prepare for the making of Chinatown, Polanski studied John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon (1941), which is accepted as the first full embodiment of film noir. (Huston himself plays Noah Cross, Chinatown’s most despicable villain). Polanski also read Raymond Chandler’s mystery novels, several of which had been made into film noir classics, such as Murder, My Sweet (1944; originally titled Farewell, My Lovely) and The Big Sleep (1946).
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Question by Habt our quell: I need TWO good “film noir” type names, one male and one female?

They don’t have to be from Films/books, but you can invent them if you want.

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Answer by Y U SO STUPID
Nick and Nora Charles

http://www.filmreference.com/images/sjff_01_img0491.jpg

…and Asta, of course.

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Question by MG: Question about females in film noir?
What are the characteristics of a femme fatale?

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Answer by Felicia
A femme fatale (pronounced /ˌfɛm fəˈtæl/ or /ˌfɛm fəˈtɑːl/; French: [fam faˈtal], with all [a]‘s) is a mysterious and seductive woman[1] whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations. She is an archetype or stock character of literature and art. Her ability to entrance and hypnotize her victim was in the earliest stories seen as being literally supernatural, hence the most prosaic femme fatale today is still described as having a power akin to an enchantress, vampire, female monster or demon.

The phrase is French for “deadly woman”. A femme fatale tries to achieve her hidden purpose by using feminine wiles such as beauty, charm, and sexual allure. Typically, she is exceptionally well-endowed in addition to possessing these qualities. In some situations, she uses lying or coercion rather than charm. She may also be (or imply to be) a victim, caught in a situation from which she cannot escape; The Lady from Shanghai (a 1947 film noir) is one such example.

Although typically villainous, femmes fatales have also appeared as antiheroines in some stories, and some even repent and become heroines by the end of the tale. In social life, the femme fatale tortures her lover in an asymmetrical relationship, denying confirmation of her affection. She usually drives him to the point of obsession and exhaustion so that he is incapable of making rational decisions

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Question by H G: Decorating my uni room like a Film Noir?
Does anyone have any ideas what i could have? I’m looking for cheapish items, as i’m on a low budget. Think Jack Nicholson in Chinatown!

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Answer by Anonymous
Film noir is a late 40s to 50s genre, so pick pieces from your local flea market or auction that date to that period. In particular, tufted furniture and channel back chairs are great. Also industrial pieces, swivel chairs, metal desks, etc. The shabby look is all the better. Cool idea!

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Question by : What is your favorite film noir movie?

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Answer by punkvic_13
The Untouchables

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Question by alexandraSmiles: Would you consider Marked Woman a “film noir”?
This is the movie with Bette Davis who works in a speakeasy and gets mixed up with the gangsters who own it.
Wikipedia it if you don’t quite remember the movie, please.

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Answer by genuine_jon
Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations.

Marked Woman is a crime melodrama film released by Warner Bros. in 1937.

It’s not “noir” because it’s not “dark enough” (i.e. not predominantly shot at night), it’s not cynical enough (i.e. is about the efforts of crime fighters, not crime bosses) and it’s not sexually motivated.

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Question by : I need a good name for my film noir?
Its a comedy spin off
involving a woman and a stupid inspector.
she wears a red dress he wears a trench coat
she has blackmailed someone to murder her husband so she could get his money,
the inspector is trying to solve this.

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Answer by BATMAN™
Red Means Danger

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Question by Sean: How is pessimism shown in the film noir : The Maltese Falcon?
Could someone help me with this..i need like 2-3 or more examples or scenes where it shows that the maltese falcon had a pessimism viewpoint? THanks!!
Thanks for that the scene at the end! i need at least two more anyone else?
i cant seem to find the scene where she holds sam at gunpoint? is this the 1941 film or the other 1940 film?

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Answer by Yefta
visit this website..
www.movietvwatch.com
free…just download and install…thanks…

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