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Danny Devito is perfect in this role because he has quite a seedy voice this is good to illustrate the sleaziness of film-noir, it shows the real voice of L.A. The setting of film noir is usually quite cheap. This is used effectively to actually show the dark tacky parts of society where film-noir usually takes place...
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This is used effectively to actually show the dark tacky parts of society where film-noir usually takes place. There is not a lot of light in these films and they are often set on location. A seedy underworld is often present in film-noir movies, where all the bad or undesirable parts of society are exposed...
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film noir The term film noir (French for "black film") was unknown to the filmmakers and actors while they were creating the classic films noirs. 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...	3 / 693
Final Film noir is a French label on the American film phenomenon. It wasn't until Post-war France that they could see many American films. The French observed the relationship between American movies in the forties and literature called "roman noir", which means dark literature and film noir means black film...	2 / 497
"Chinatown" as film noir Films that are classified as being in the film noir genre all share some basic characteristics. There is generally a voice-over throughout the film in order to guide the audience's perceptions...	4 / 849
Film Noir Noir Films explored the showy lives of amoral people in urban settings. Cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Chicago are typical urban settings for Film Noir, these cities are presented as a maze, bars dens nightclubs and gambling dens are frequently the scene of action...	3 / 634
l.a confidential film noir L.A Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997) is a neo-noir film about a shooting at an all night diner and the three Las Angeles policeman who investigate in their own unique ways...	4 / 952
Chinatown Chinatown was successful in its attempt to formulate a film noir movie in part because it followed the design of previous films of its kind. The most obvious of these films that Chinatown followed was The Maltese Falcon...	2 / 377
Genre Is The Best Approach For The Academic Study Of Hollywood Film Texts Basically, I’m disagree that almost film noir plots involve crime, the private eye wearing trench coat and fedora, the male are not admirable and the dangerous femme fatale and so on...	3 / 836