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FILM NOIR (Definition)
Aprox. Timeline : 1945 to 1958
People coming apart (mostly men)
Black & White Film (With harsh shadows. Uses angles and bent horizons. Cuts to Black.)
Voice Overs with Flashbacks (Also uses Silence).
Dialog, not much, but over the top.
Usually Urban Settings. Smoking a lot is the norm.
Your fate is in your hands. Bad is normal. People are damned.
Music is another character (Mainly strings).
There are good girls, but also there are fem - fatals, black widows. Morality is often questionable.
You can't cheat fate.
There is usually a sleazy nightclub owner (a slick dude).
A knight in dirty armor. Looser, Sceamer.
There is usually a Big Banker, a Policeman, or a Politician (an Apostle who can be of questionable reputation).
Examples of Film Noir
Detour 1945 Details Director: Edgar G. Ulmer Cast: Tom Neal, Ann Savage
The Lost Weekend 1945 Details Director: Billy Wilder Cast: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman
Suddenly 1954 Details Director: Lewis Allen Cast: Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, Nancy Gates
Notorious 1946 Details Director: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains
Laura 1944 Details Director: Otto Preminger Cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson
Double Indemnity 1944 Details Director: Billy Wilder Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson
Sabrina 1954 Details Director: Billy Wilder cast: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden
Rebecca 1940 Details Director: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders
Spellbound 1945 Details Directors: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman, Michael Chekhov
The Night of the Hunter 1955 Details Director: Charles Laughton Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
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