NOIR (nwahr)
1.
French word for black 2. Crime fiction featuring tough,
cynical characters and bleak sleazy settings Common clues:
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Noir
Film
noir is a film style and mood primarily associated with crime
films, that portrays its principal characters in a nihilistic and
existentialist world. Film noir is primarily derived from the
hard-boiled style of crime fiction of the Depression era, (many
films noir were adaptations of such novels), and may first be
clearly seen in films released in the early 1940s. 'Noirs' were
historically made in black and white, and had a dark,
high-contrast style with roots in German Expressionist
cinematography.
This
still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of
film noir at its most extreme. John Alton, the film's
cinematographer, created many of the iconic images of film noir.
The
term film noir (French for "black film") was unknown to
the filmmakers and actors while they were creating the classic
films noir. Film noir was defined in retrospect by film
historians and critics; many of the creators of film noir later
professed to be unaware at the time of having created a
distinctive type of film.
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