Proposed Movie Choices Nowadays movies have changed, and it appears that less and less of them have become original film noir. Film noir is defined as a type of crime film featuring cynical and malevolent characters in an unflattering setting including an ominous atmosphere that is conveyed by shadowy photography and foreboding background music (Dictionary). This includes Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, Carol Reed’s The Third Man, and John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon which serve as perfect examples of film noir, which I will explain in further detail. The purpose of film noir is to provide an educational analysis to movies with the usage of shadowy photography and foreboding background music. First, I would like to start off with my
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The Third Man’s main film noir is the shadows; this movie is one you have to watch in the dark in order to get the full noir effect. Without that the movie does not give off the full effect of film noir. Reed also uses different camera angles to keep the viewer off their balance and creates some confusion so the viewer has to keep watching. Carol Reed also has the scenes unfold slowly creating suspense in the movie. The Third Man is also not complete without having a cast that gives the movie its feel. Reed hires Orson Welles to play Harry Lime the villain in The Third Man, Orson Welles was a widely know actor at that time who played in various movies one being Citizen Kane that we watched in class. Reed also hires Joseph Cotton who has started in different movies with Orson Welles before to play Holly Martins who is the friend of Harry Lime and wants to deeply believe in him but, as the movie plays out Martins has to confront Lime about his selfishness, duplicity and appalling lack of a moral compass. Lime’s girlfriend Anna’s Landlady who is played by Hedwig Bleibtreu is also blind to Harry Lime flaws and knows what her boyfriend has been up to but, refuses internalize the implications or consequences of his behavior. Another reason why we should watch The Third Man is because while most noir films are about betrayal, The Third Man is one of the few …show more content…
The movie is about a private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette. In this movie the great actor Humphrey Bogart plays a detective who partner is killed while trying to catch a suspect for his client. For this movie there was a low budget and out of that budget the viewer will get to see a grainy film, neon lights outside bay windows creating an eerie and transparent glare. The viewer will also see shadows as well as wet streets that will give off a glair to give off a wet shadow effect. The view will see violence which every film noir has to offer. The cast as I talked about has Humphrey Bogart who played in another film noir we watched in class called Casablanca which he started in after The Maltese Falcon and based on his wonderful acting job in Casablanca we should watch what he does in The Maltese Falcon. Another reason to pick this movie it is what is considered the 1st film noir movie. The Maltese Falcon started out as a book and then made it to screen play. With this movie the last thing you ever think about in the movie is the plot of the
The Third Man’s main film noir is the shadows; this movie is one you have to watch in the dark in order to get the full noir effect. Without that the movie does not give off the full effect of film noir. Reed also uses different camera angles to keep the viewer off their balance and creates some confusion so the viewer has to keep watching. Carol Reed also has the scenes unfold slowly creating suspense in the movie. The Third Man is also not complete without having a cast that gives the movie its feel. Reed hires Orson Welles to play Harry Lime the villain in The Third Man, Orson Welles was a widely know actor at that time who played in various movies one being Citizen Kane that we watched in class. Reed also hires Joseph Cotton who has started in different movies with Orson Welles before to play Holly Martins who is the friend of Harry Lime and wants to deeply believe in him but, as the movie plays out Martins has to confront Lime about his selfishness, duplicity and appalling lack of a moral compass. Lime’s girlfriend Anna’s Landlady who is played by Hedwig Bleibtreu is also blind to Harry Lime flaws and knows what her boyfriend has been up to but, refuses internalize the implications or consequences of his behavior. Another reason why we should watch The Third Man is because while most noir films are about betrayal, The Third Man is one of the few …show more content…
The movie is about a private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette. In this movie the great actor Humphrey Bogart plays a detective who partner is killed while trying to catch a suspect for his client. For this movie there was a low budget and out of that budget the viewer will get to see a grainy film, neon lights outside bay windows creating an eerie and transparent glare. The viewer will also see shadows as well as wet streets that will give off a glair to give off a wet shadow effect. The view will see violence which every film noir has to offer. The cast as I talked about has Humphrey Bogart who played in another film noir we watched in class called Casablanca which he started in after The Maltese Falcon and based on his wonderful acting job in Casablanca we should watch what he does in The Maltese Falcon. Another reason to pick this movie it is what is considered the 1st film noir movie. The Maltese Falcon started out as a book and then made it to screen play. With this movie the last thing you ever think about in the movie is the plot of the