2. The Arc

3. The Arc of
Film
Noir

4. Film
Noir:

5. Film
Noir:
The term originated in France during the 1940s. In Francais, noir means dark, black, or murky; thus, Film Noir translates to Dark Cinema.

6. Film
Noir:
A type of crime film featuring cynical malevolent characters in a sleazy setting and an ominous atmosphere that is conveyed by shadowy photography and foreboding background music. (Merriam-Webster)

7. Film
Noir:
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 by directors such as Orson Welles, Fritz Lang, and Billy Wilder.
(Google)

11. Film
Noir:

12. Film
Noir:
Man’s inhumanity illustrated by testing moral absolutes and limits of the most jaded, insidious, and manipulative characters, who are pitted against each other. (Tony Fuller)

13. M (1931)

14. M (1931)

15. M (1931)

16. M (1931)

17. Dark Passage (1947)

18. Dark Passage (1947)

19. Dark Passage (1947)

20. Dark Passage (1947)

21. D.O.A. (1950)

22. D.O.A. (1950)

23. D.O.A. (1950)

24. D.O.A. (1950)

25. D.O.A. (1950)

26. touch of Evil (1958)

27. touch of Evil (1958)

28. touch of Evil (1958)

29. touch of Evil (1958)

30. touch of Evil (1958)

31. Pulp Fiction (1994)

32. Pulp Fiction (1994)

33. Pulp Fiction (1994)

34. Pulp Fiction (1994)

35. sin city (2005)

36. sin city (2005)

37. sin city (2005)

38. sin city (2005)

39. sin city (2005)

40. Film Noir

41. Film Noir

42. Film Noir

43. Film Noir

44. Film Noir

45. Film Noir

46. Film Noir

47. Film Noir

48. Film Noir

49. Film Noir

50. The Arc

51. The Arc of
Film
Noir