With a week left of class, we are going to do a genre study of film noir. Noir was born out of the post-war disillusionment of World War II, and involves hard-boiled detectives, femme fatales, and gritty, urban settings.
Due to our time constraints, we will only watch some clips of the classic noir Double Indemnity (here's an exhaustive summary of the film). From there, we will look at how the genre has evolved with the 1997 film L.A. Confidential.
In the meantime, check out this article on defining the genre, as well as a montage of film noir images to get you into the mindset of the genre.
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