LOGLINE THE QUESTIONING is a film noir exploring morality. Jack Somerset is an aspiring writer at a creative impasse, though grisly events witnessed on.

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LOGLINE THE QUESTIONING is a film noir exploring morality. Jack Somerset is an aspiring writer at a creative impasse, though grisly events witnessed on a late night stroll may be the key to making a start on his debut novel.

THEMES MORALITY Crime as inspiration Maintaining silence Guilt Selfishness Loneliness

INFLUENCES The Film noir era Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958, Dir. Louis Malle) Double Indemnity (1944, Dir. Billy Wilder) Touch of Evil (1958, Dir. Orson Welles) À bout de souffle (1960, Dir. Jean-Luc Godard) The Third Man (1949, Dir. Carol Reed) Sunset Boulevard (1950, Dir. Billy Wilder) The Killing (1956, Dir. Stanley Kubrick) The Big Sleep (1946, Dir. Howard Hawks)

STYLE Low key lighting High contrast Shadows Smoke Chiaroscuro Noir atmosphere