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    EstebanQuintanar

    AlexSanchez
    10thGradeHumanities
    21815

    NoirFilms

    TheselinesareknowneverywhereForgetaboutitJake,itsChinatown,Youknow
    whattheycallaquarterpounderwithcheeseinParisandMaytheforcebewithyou
    Moviesentertainusinsomanyways.PacificArtsMovementhasaquoteMovingPictures,
    movingmindsMoviestakeustoworldsthatmayandmaynothappeninreality.Iknowfor
    surethatwecanthavesuperpowersorfighttosavetheearthbutmoviescanbringus

    ButwehavetothanktheFrenchforinventingand
    claimingtohaveinventedthewhole
    conceptofcinema.AsWikipediaexplainstheconceptoffrenchfilmseveralimportant
    cinematicmovements,includingthe
    NouvelleVague
    ,beganinthecountry.The
    Nouvelle
    Vague
    wasamovementthatencouragefrenchdirectorsandwriterstomakemore
    individualistic
    andstylisticallyinnovativefilms
    .FilmHistoriansrevealthatArrivalofaTrainStationatLa
    CiotatStation,afilmthatisunderoneminuteisthefirstfeaturefilmtobescreenedin1895.But
    thebestknownearlypioneer,whomadefilmswithsomekindofcherishablenarrativevalue,
    wasGeorgesMlis,whose1902shortfilmATriptotheMoonisgenerallyheraldedasthe
    firstsciencefictionfilmevertobemade.Astheyearsgoby,we,humans,developedandcreated

    newinventionsforcinema.WewentfromanoldtimeyrotatingcameratoanIMAXcameras.
    Allthankstotechnology.

    Backinthe1940sthrough1960s,NoirFilmswereabigtimehitinHollywood,making
    fatstacksofmoneybecausewewereintroducedtoanewtypeofgenrethathadamericancrime
    fiction.WhatareNoirFilms?NoirFilmsareHollywoodsorganicartisticmovements.NoirFilms
    areshowninblackandwhiteandsharedeepcommentsoftheprotagonist.NoirFilmskept
    boomingafterWorldWarII,makingtheaudienceliketheideathatiswasfresh,vividandadult
    orientedtypeoffilm.Studiosbegancrankingoutcrimethrillersandmurderdramaswitha
    particularlydarkandvenomousviewofexistenceafterthefilmDoubleIndemnitywasreleased
    incinemas.FilmNoirFoundationssaysTothisday,thedebategoesonastowhethernoirfilm
    isafilmgenre,circumscribedbyitscontent,orastyleofstorytelling,identifiedbyitsvisual
    attributes.Thedebateinwhichthereisnorightanswerisonlyoneofthethingsthatkeepsnoir
    freshforsuccessivegenerationsofmovielovers

    ThrillersarethemostexhilaratingtypesofmoviesbutsomefilmsarecategorizedasNeo
    NoirFilms.WhatareNeoNoirfilms?NeoNoirfilmsaremodernizedmotionpicturesthathave
    theinfluenceandtheaspectofNoirfilms.Forexample,BladeRunnerisaNeoNoir.Aclassic
    moviewithHarrisonFordplayingascopintheneardistancefuturecopwhofindsand
    terminatescrooksthatarentwanted.TherightingredientsforaNeoNoirfilmishavingthe
    protagonistsharehis/herdeepcommentsandhaveamericanfictioncrime.Thenwhatsthe

    differencebetweenNeoNoirAndNoir?NoirFilmsweremadebackinthe1940sand1960sand
    havefiltersofblackandwhite.NeoNoirFilmsaremodernandhaveacolorfulfilters.

    NowthatwediscussedwhatareNeoNoirandNoirfilms,ImtrustingonIMDb,avery
    welltrustedwebsitethatgivesreallygoodreviewsandinformationformovies,thatSunset
    Boulevardissofar,thebestNoirFilmevermade.SunsetBoulevardisaboutahack
    screenwriterthatwritesascreenplayforaformersilentfilmstar.Thisbrilliantmovieisdirected
    byBillyWilder.BillyWilderiswriter,directorandproducer.Hebrokeintofilmsasa
    screenwriterin1929.ThemoviesfeaturesstarslikeWilliamHolden,GloriaSwansonandEric
    VonStroheim.IMDbgivesthisastoundingfilman8.5rateoutof10.

    Everybodyhastheirpickontheirfavoritemoviegenreandweshouldallrespectoneach
    othersgenrebecauseeverybodyhastheirownreasonwhytheyliketheirgenre.Noirfilmsmay
    havediedinthe1970sbutwillliveonincinemahistory.

    Bibliography
    Pulver,Andrew."AShortHistoryofFrenchCinema."
    TheGuardian
    .N.p.,22Mar.2011.Web.
    19Feb.2015.

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    http://www.filmnoirfoundation.org/filmnoir.html

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