The word "Noir" is a French word, which means "Black". Film Noir is a style or genre of cinematographic film marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism and menace. The term was originally applied (by a group of French critics) to American thriller or detective films made in the period 1944-54 and to the work of directors such as Orson Welles, Fritz Lang and Billy Wilder (Google dictionary).
During it's classic period, film noir influenced peoples clothing, their taste of music and movies, even it was seen in the famous designers fashion. Even though the impact of film noir was pretty strong, it only inspired a particular groups of people; such as directors, film students, critics etc.
The content of film noir is full of dangerously corrupted characters and their dark and troubled life styles. The women of that world are all ambiguous, sexy and treacherous. The streets are rain-slicked, foggy and the heroes are weary. Everything that come up to the scenery actually is a reflection of a post war depression, pessimism and a huge crossing of lines between good and evil. The film noir movies are full of dark and dirty funs.
The Hollywood of 1997 was an anti nostalgia-driven noir. L.A. Confidential was a hit movie but it attracted mostly the directors, film students, critics and upscale film enthusiast. Because of a huge popularity of film noir among the directors, many talented young film makers start making movies in a noir mode. Guys in trench coats on rainslicked pavement or martinis and smoke rings are nothing to do with contemporary America; yet the best filmmakers of Hollywood kept the noir vision alive which always draws our attention.
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