What are some of your favorite noir films?
>>68036819
the night of the hunter
The Big Sleep is GOAT
>>68036819
Out of the Past
Double Indemnity
Touch of Evil
Noir threads should never die early
>>68036909
They don't have shitposting and company wars, so it will.
>>68036880
Night of the Hunter is really only "noir" in its visuals, but those similarities were cribbed from German Expressionism anyway so even thats a loose connection. In its story it lacks the cynicism, moral corruption, wrong man/man in over his head/femme fatale storylines typical of the genre.
>>68036908
this is the right answer, Bogart ahead of Mitchum for me as the king of noir
>>68037296
Noir isn't a genre, though. It's a movement. Night of the Hunter, along with outliers like Sweet Smell of Success and Lost Weekend, all qualify as film noirs. Yes, it has a certain cynicism, a certain salaciousness, but the other parts (wrong man, in over his head, femme fatale) are not required.
It's the reason why later films like Red Rock West and Body Heat will only ever be neo-noir, because the period in which they were made is as important.
That being said, I think it's not hard to identify noir films. It's a "genre" that has a number of external factors that tip you off. Like westerns. Yeah, because of common recurring themes, you get those jackasses who tell you that their favorite "western" is Assault of Precinct 13 or Seven Samurai, but that's a complete joke. Regardless of theme (even though it's mostly expected), westerns have a setting that tips you off right away as to its generic classification.
Just because noirs were heavily influenced by German Expressionism, doesn't change anything. That's a quality of those films. Noirs can in a sense be considered American mid-forties-to-late-fifties takes on Expressionism. Also why the term "proto-noir" is common for referring to films that shaped the overall look of the noir period.
film noir brings out the biggest film faggots of any film genre to start posting gay shit they copied from some stupid critics article or what their filim professor said
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Sunset Boulevard
Touch of Evil
>>68038803
Better than other genre threads, like people saying the "only good musicals" are Rocky Horror and Phantom of the Paradise, or western threads solely about Leone and Tombstone
>>68036819
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>>68038705
faggot
>>68037296
>a story about a false preacher murdering people for money lacks cynicism and corruption
are you retarded dude?
>>68039148
Its ultimately a good triumphs over evil story though, playing out like a fairy tale
>>68038803
better than the literally endless capeshit and star wars threads
>>68038803
Why do people get so mad when others tell them that their favorite grimdark and edgy late 2000s Nolan film isn't actually noir?
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