- Strictly speaking, Film Noir should not be clarified as a genre. Instead it is rather the mood, style or tone of various American films that evolved in the 1940s, and lasted in a classic period until about 1960. However, it has not been exclusively confined to this era, and has re-occurred in the form of Neo Noirs.
- Noirs are usually black and white films with primary moods of melancholy, alienation, bleakness, disillusionment, disenchantment, pessimism, ambiguity, moral corruption, guilt and paranoia.
Sub-genres of Film Noir:
- Detective and Mystery-focus' on the unsolved crime (usually the murder or disappearance of one or more of the characters, or a theft). The central character is often a hard-boiled and serious Detective in the form of a protagonist. He/she will complete various adventures and challenges in the cold and methodical pursuit of the criminal to a crime.
- Thriller/suspense=Thriller and suspense films are virtually synonymous and interchangeable categorisations. They are promote excitement, suspense, a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, anxiety and tension. The acclaimed Master of Suspense is Alfred Hitchcock (previously considered as my Influential Director.)
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