Film noir

The film, The Maltese Falcon, was directed by John Huston in 1941. For being a black and white and old film, which I usually do not pay any attention to, it was actually interesting. The unification of the plot was not very well because there were quite a few parts of the film, which I did not understand. I do not know why Ms. O’Shaughnessy lied about her sister being with Mr. Throsby, and her relationship with the famous “Black bird.”To me, her character tied in with the plot only because she…

The films Double Indemnity, directed by Billy Wilder, and The Night of the Living Dead, directed by George Romero, both feature female characters in subordinate roles to their male counterparts. Double Indemnity features Walter Neff underestimating his lover Phyllis’s power and continually patronizing her, calling her “baby” almost exclusively. The Night of the Living Dead features Helen, who is constantly put down by her husband who never values her opinion. Both films use elements of…

This essay will provide an overview of a clip from the beginning of the movie Double Indemnity. The clip has a runtime of two minutes and thirty-three seconds and contains five shots in total. This paper will provide an in-depth analysis of each shot in the clip. It will examine the types of camera angles used, the lighting direction and the composition of objects and figures on the screen. The elevator encounter between Walter Neff and the Watchman in the first scene is a two-shot captured at…

Pan’s Labyrinth, directed by Guillermo (gill-yea-mo) Del Toro, is a visually striking, dark fantasy film compiled of a range of equally gruesome and intriguing scenes that address the grim realities of 1944 fascist Spain through a child’s perspective. Del Toro does not delude nor pacify the cruel reality of the narrative where he displays a society that glorifies a corrupted male-dominated society. In the ‘Final Task’ scene, Del Toro’s intertwining of the camera techniques, colour scheme,…

The bookshop scene from ‘The Big Sleep’, while devoid of extremely noticeable stylistic noir elements, such as harsh shadows and Dutch camera angles by looking at the mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound elements of noir are revealed. From the beginning of the scene the audience see’s Marlowe walking towards a book store. The cinematography uses elements of deep focus as everything in this wide frame is clearly focused even as Marlowe approaches the bookstore. Looking at the…

The Godfather is a 1972 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Gordon Hugh Willis. It is a film of the gangster genre because it involves mafia and has different aspects that will suggest and show why it is in reality a gangster genre film. The Godfather is a film that involves a family who is in the mafia and they are called the Corleone family. Which is going to show how the life of the main character would change and now it would center around the mafia lifestyle and becomes known as the…

Dead Again uses different lighting techniques to create dramatic contrast and a sense of mood in each scene. This is highlighted through the film noir scenes when dramatic high contrast was achieved by using two extremes of lighting, a lack of light and a heavy amount of light. This was especially shown in the opening interrogation scene. During the scene the light in the room was the only light source present and everything else was in complete darkness. In the scene the contrast was so strong…

vertical integration and controlled the film industry. Some practices that were done in order to further support the studio system were practices such as block blocking. This system would basically have a studio sell roughly multiple movies at a time to a theater for them to screen generally there would be 1 attractive film and the rest were A and B movies. Also the “Big…

unique features of film noir in Double Indemnity. Angryanchovie's viewpoint quite one-sided since it pays too much attention to masculinity. Bronfen's argument is sometimes lengthy and complicated, thus resulting in confusion to the readers. Although the text "Double Indemnity's Fatal Woman" is a careful analysis of Phyllis Dietrachson, it does not provide the readers with a clear definition of "femme fatal". The book chapter presents an excellent overview of women in film noir, but it lacks a…

LA for reasons of safety and engineering, so a man at that time which resembles Noah Cross and LA want the company, so they played a game on him leading him to his death and ending his career The film is a skillful blend of mystery, romance, suspense, and hardboiled detective/film noir genre elements Film marked French-born Polish director Roman Polanski's return to Hollywood five years after the gruesome 1969 Manson murders that took the life of his actress wife Sharon Tate. Polanski opted to…