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A Brief Description of Classic Film Noir

Hollywood’s classic film noir period stretched from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. The aesthetic of film noir was hugely influenced by German Expressionism of the 1910s and 1920s. Many of the major contributors to film noir were immigrants from Europe, who had been directly involved in the Expressionism movement who were fleeing Nazi Germany. Another underlying influence and definitive antecedent was 1930s French poetic realism and it’s romantic, fatalistic attitude and celebration of doomed heroes. Italian neo-realism also contributed to film noir’s evolution with it’s focus on a quasi-documentary style. The pulp American literature of crime thrillers and detective stories was another overriding influence. The burgeoning emancipation of women played a part in noir’s formation with female characters toying with their male counterparts and helping in their downfall. These characters realise and understand that their eroticism empowers them to manipulate men with ease. Major examples include Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity (1944), Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946), Lana Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), Ava Gardner in The Killers (1946) and Jane Greer in Out of the Past (1947). Most of the film noirs of the classic period were low budget productions that did not feature major stars and so were relatively free from big budget constraints and studio interference. Film noir turned conventional Hollywood on it’s head, producing sophisticated often bleak pieces of work that often factored cynical, minimalist, absurdist or realist themes shot with strikingly expressionist lighting and thought-provoking camera angles. The noir style gradually began to influence the mainstream movie-making business.

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What are some good movies these women are in?

Lana Turner, Grace Kelly, Jayne Mansfield, Jean Harlow, Marilyn Monroe

Lana Turner - The Postman Always Rings Twice
Grace Kelly - Rear Window
Jayne Mansfield - The Girl Can't Help It
Jean Harlow - City Lights
Marilyn Monroe - The Seven Year Itch

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Rochester Community and Technical College Dean's List: Altura — Katie Glende, Samantha Hentges, Brooke M. Nelson, Brianna Rae Skalicky. Byron — Alissa Ahrens, Ryann Alexander, Denise Baez, Kimberly Baez, Alexandra Brooks, Jesse Buhl, William Burgstaler, Teresa Carstensen, Alexandra Disque,

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