| | Recurring characters in film noirs include [[mob]]sters, [[gang]]sters, bikers, [[law enforcement]] officials (including [[police officer]]s, detectives, [[spies]], and bounty hunters), and [[seduction|seductresses]]. They usually take place in urban areas of the [[Midwest]]ern and [[northeast]]ern states, as well as [[California]], [[Florida]], [[Las Vegas]], [[Seattle]], or [[Portland]]. However, they can sometimes take place in small towns, much like [[western (movie genre)|westerns]]. | | Recurring characters in film noirs include [[mob]]sters, [[gang]]sters, bikers, [[law enforcement]] officials (including [[police officer]]s, detectives, [[spies]], and bounty hunters), and [[seduction|seductresses]]. They usually take place in urban areas of the [[Midwest]]ern and [[northeast]]ern states, as well as [[California]], [[Florida]], [[Las Vegas]], [[Seattle]], or [[Portland]]. However, they can sometimes take place in small towns, much like [[western (movie genre)|westerns]]. |
| − | The vast majority of the greatest films noir were made in the 1940s, and a few were in the 1950s and at least one in the late 1920s.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/list/ls082261330/</ref> The great director [[Alfred Hitchcock]] filmed several; [[Orson Welles]] directed at least one. | + | The vast majority of the greatest films noir were made in the 1940s, and a few were in the 1950s and at least one in the late 1920s.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/list/ls082261330/</ref> The great director [[Alfred Hitchcock]] filmed several; [[Orson Welles]] starred in at least one, (''[[The Third Man]]'' (1949). Film noir often works well with black-and-white cinematography, which made the 1940s a perfect time for these films as the public was more accustomed to black-and-white movies then. |
| | Examples, without spoilers, are: | | Examples, without spoilers, are: |