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The Best of Film Noir: Interviews with the Stars (1999)
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A look back at the unique genre of film noir, featuring a collection of trailers from classic films and commentary from filmmakers and experts, plus condensed versions of two excellent films from the 1940s, DETOUR and D.O.A.
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M (1931)
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A serial killer, played by Peter Lorre, preys on children; the police of Berlin exert so much energy on finding him that the work of the criminal underworld is impeded. The crime gangs therefore decide to find the killer themselves, and
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Fear in the Night (1947)
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In a nightmare, Vince Grayson (DeForest Kelley) dreams that he stabs someone in an octagonal room of mirrors and locks the body in a closet. When he awakes, he discovers marks on his throat, a strange key and a button in his pocket, as well as blood on
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Hollow Triumph (1948)
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John Muller is a medical school dropout who plans a robbery. After things go bad, a nasty gambler named Rock Stansyck goes after Muller. Muller goes on the run and then assumes the identity of psychiatrist Victor Bartok. Muller soon finds that
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D.O.A. (1950)
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Frank Bigelow, a mild-mannered accountant, goes to San Francisco for a week's fun prior to getting married. After a night on the town, he wakes up with more than just a hangover; doctors tell him he's been given a poison for which there is no antidote and
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Human Gorilla (1948)
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A woman reporter hires a private investigator to track down a fugitive judge that she believes is hiding in an sanitarium. The P.I. pretends to the the reporter's husband and checks into the sanitarium, but encounters many dangers.
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Cause for Alarm! & Woman on the Run (1951)
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While recovering from a heart attack, a gentleman mistakenly believes his wife is having an affair with his doctor and the two of them are plotting to kill him. The man writes a letter to the D.A. detailing his suspicions about his wife and his doctor and
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Scarlet Street (1945)
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Film-Noir from Fritz Lang! A middle-aged bank cashier dreams of being a painter. He is married to a shrew who belittles his dreams. He falls for a sexy young woman without realizing she's actually a prostitute. She and her scheming pimp/boyfriend conspire
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Shock & In Hot Pursuit (1946)
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Double Feature - A psychiatrist argues with his wife and, in a fit of rage, kills her. The psychiatrist discovers that the crime was observed by his neighbor and fears she will report him to the authorities. After the woman is unsuccessful in convincing
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About Film NoirFilm noir movies feature a mood and film style, primarily associated with crime movies, that portrays its principal characters in a nihilistic and existential world. Film noir is principally derived from the hard-boiled style of crime fiction literature of the Great Depression era, (many films noir were adaptations of such novels). The genre was first clearly seen in films released in the early 1940s. 'Noirs' were typically made in black and white, and had a dark, high-contrast style with its roots in German Expressionist cinematography. The term film noir was unknown to movie makers and actors while they were creating the classic film noirs. Film noir was defined in retrospect by film critics and movie historians; many of the creators of film noir later said they were unaware at the time that they were creating a distinctive film genre. Film noir is also a combination of styles with origins in painting and literature in addition to film. The aesthetics of film noir are heavily influenced by German Expressionism. When Germany fell to Nazism, many important film artists were forced to flee, including Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, and Robert Siodmak. They took with them techniques they developed, the most important of which were the dramatic lighting and the subjective, psychological point of view. Subsequently, these artists made some of the most famous films noir movies in the USA. - The preceding paragraph was derived from a full article available from Wikipedia and its use is governed by the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2. |
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