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[10] Le Samouraï: Jean-Pierre Melville: 1967 France [13] [14] Sandra: Luchino Visconti: 1965 Italy [10] Seance on a Wet Afternoon: Bryan Forbes 1964 United Kingdom [47] Seconds: John Frankenheimer 1966 United States [1] The Secret Ways: Phil Karlson: 1961 United States [8] The Servant: Joseph Losey 1963 United Kingdom [47] Seven Days in May ...
Neo-noir is a film genre that adapts the visual style and themes of 1940s and 1950s American film noir for contemporary audiences, often with more graphic depictions of violence and sexuality. [1] During the late 1970s and the early 1980s, the term "neo-noir" surged in popularity, fueled by movies such as Sydney Pollack 's Absence of Malice ...
Though film noir is often identified with a visual style that emphasizes low-key lighting and unbalanced compositions, [9] films commonly identified as noir evidence a variety of visual approaches, including ones that fit comfortably within the Hollywood mainstream. [10] Film noir similarly embraces a variety of genres, from the gangster film ...
American neo-noir films. Neo-noir film directors refer to 'classic noir' in the use of tilted camera angles , interplay of light and shadows, unbalanced framing ; blurring of the lines between good and bad and right and wrong , and thematic motifs including revenge , paranoia , and alienation .
Film noir is not a clearly defined genre (see here for details on the characteristics). Therefore, the composition of this list may be controversial. To minimize dispute the films included here should preferably feature a footnote linking to a reliable, published source which states that the mentioned film is considered to be a film noir by an expert in this field, e.g.
The film noir genre generally refers to mystery/crime dramas produced from the early-1940s to the late 1950s. Movies of this genre were shot in black and white, and featured stories involving femmes fatales, doomed heroes/anti-heroes, and tough, cynical detectives.
Chinatown is a 1974 American neo-noir mystery film directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay by Robert Towne.The film stars Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.It was inspired by the California water wars: a series of disputes over southern California water at the beginning of the 20th century that resulted in Los Angeles securing water rights in the Owens Valley. [4]
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