This is an excerpt of "LA Film Noir: The capital of Hollywood's most pessimistic era"
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Film noir describes a kind of movie dealing with crime, private eyes, plain clothes policemen, hapless grifters, law-abiding citizens lured into a life of crime or simply victims of circumstance and often in the presence of a "femme fatale".
The term "film noir" was originally coined by the French film critic Nino Frank and taken from "série noir" which was a popular collection of detective stories in France. Film historians still argue whether there is such a genre. It occurred mainly in the 40s and 50s with a revival in the 70s. The first true film noir is supposed to be the Maltese Falcon (1941). Others think it was Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity (1943) or even Josef von Sternbergs Underworld (1927).
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Chapters
▷ 0:00 - Intro
▷ 00:05 - Archetype of the Femme Fatale
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The archetype of the femme fatale didn't originate with cinema; in painting, it's symbolized by the biblical character Salome. However, it was with the advent of Film Noir that the femme fatale became a popular archetype, with famous actresses giving her their features. In film noir, the femme fatale symbolizes men's fears. She is Eve, the deviant who will lead man to his doom, a dangerous promise whose temptation is far too great. In film noir, the femme fatale symbolizes men's fears. She is Eve, the deviant who will lead man to his doom, a dangerous promise whose temptation is far too great. It's worth noting that the femme fatale character emerged at a time when women in the United States were gaining economic and social independence. The detectives and anti-heroes of film noir were falling into the hands of women who were working, wealthy or single. Far from the feminine standards of the time. And yet, over 50, 60 years later, they continue to haunt cinema with their iconic aura. Gene Tierney will remain the emblematic and phantasmatic Laura, the woman with the portrait who bewitches men. While Barbara Stanwyck, as Phyllis Dietrichson, one of cinema's most subversive femmes fatales, and Diane Tremayne, played by Jean Simmons in "Angel Face", will remain the most subversive of all.
Original title: Los Angeles Film Noir
Directed by Clara & Julia Kuperberg
Produced by Wichita Films
© 2015, Licensed by Poorhouse International
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