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Film Noir is a style.

Excellent! Prof. Dr. Dr. H. James Birx, New York USA

Well done. High concepts without any highbrow attitude. Thank you for your time and effort in producing and posting this.

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Mentioning that this was born out of B pictures is important and something a lot of younger people don't get. The studio system and how it was run is a big part of the genesis of Film Noir. Cheap films, B pictures, made from or inspired by cheap pulp fiction... Film Noir, thematically might better be thought of as shades of grey, not black and white, with that separating it from just any black and white movie with a crime element most of which were simple morality tales or cautionary tales with admittedly some vicarious thrills for the audience but with at least the gloss of it coming to no good end by the end of the picture by convention and code at the time. The evil doer must get his or her comeuppance by the end of the film. It's presented literally and figuratively as more black and white. The temptation and fall, as an adult, by the typically male protagonist typically aided by the femme fatale using all of a woman's weapons and the way that is highlighted and shown as more morally grey, not black and white is part of what I see as Film Noir. More moral ambiguity, more grey, more concern engendered for our hero or antihero, our protagonist who is presented in a different way as is the world itself he inhabitants. It's a more knowing, jaundiced, hard bitten and hard boiled look at the world not as we wish it to be but rather as it is... "I know it when I see it."

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Five years later and this still stands as one of the best, most succinct and informative mini documentaries on the subject on CZcams - make more!

Small correction - they weren't shooting with more "light sensitive sensors" - but with more light sensitive film stocks

Whats that song in the beginning and the end?

Your history part (how noir came about) is plainly wrong in some points, e.g. TV *did not* increase the number of films noir! Ridiculous to say that. Consistent accuracy would not take much more effort. You can do better.

Love the video!

Very cool and most informative documentary! Thanx, SaxNoirGuy

Why did Film-Noir end and what replaced it?

What movie is 0:44 from?

Could you please provide the references of Music used in the video?

The crime genre was already very popular before film noir with the gangster genre of the 30's, you ignored this genre completely, other than that it was a very well made documentary.

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Damn thats nice

What a great documentary explaining this. Film noir encompasses so many things.Not just the lighting style, but also the moody scenes, the realism with the conclusion that can be melancholy or unsatisfying. And neonoir which was revitalized in recent decades. Great work putting this video together

Great story and edit! 👍

I'm a film student looking for notes for a final essay in my Film Noir history class

Movies were escapism. That's not necessarily a bad thing.

Lurv it

Nobody refers to these films as "black films" . SMH

A first person who explained the difference between gobo and cookie, superb!

Some of us are still writing Noir history: Try this: czcams.com/video/X6qAr22UQvQ/video.html Frisco The Dead Client. .

World War II had ended and men went back to the movie theaters..

I really enjoyed all the movie clips and interesting information. Fast paced and very professional 👍 Well done my friend 🕵️‍♂️

Awesome video and explanation!

11:14 Double indemnity was made in 1944, not 1994. I know, it's a typo...

what is the music used in the end of the video.

that is so good

This video is VERY well made. Thanks!

The introduction of color had nothing to do with the development or death of film noir. This so called documentary on film noir is not accurate and has no basis in the history of film.

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Great video!

4:39 Light Sensitive Sensors? You mean film stock right?

Amazing :)

Beautiful work!!

Great video!

Outstanding video my friend, you deserve a thumbs up!

I LOVE this! I actually wanted to see more lol

Wow, this is sooo nice!! Really love this short. The dialog and the acting were just amazing, I enjoyed a lot and it was hilarious )) at the end though I was expecting a climax joke, not a serious kind of ending. But really a good film! ) I personally liked the sound accompaniment!

Looked good. It seemed like there was a consistent use of Dutch Angles to give the idea that something is off. The story was good but having it open ended left me with too many questions. The dialog w reminded me of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Also the audio sounded overly processed, but that could be attributed to the compression of the file by CZcams.

I' m not sure the police would react like that but nice work

That was strange.... I thought it was going the comedy rout...You had some nice shots in there though!

Can't hide a Lancashire accent. 😁 Fantastic doc!! Thank you!

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