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New page: '''Film noir''' - French for "dark film" - is a cinematic term used to describe a motion picture stylized to create a mood of moral ambiguity. "Good guys" are often insepara...
'''Film noir''' - [[French]] for "dark film" - is a [[movie|cinematic]] term used to describe a motion picture stylized to create a mood of moral ambiguity. "Good guys" are often inseparable from "bad guys," good may not always win, and the purported "hero" of the film may not be a likable character. While ''film noir'' was applied in early [[Hollywood]] without this problem, in modern times, ''film noir'' pictures often include sexuality, nudity, and characteristics that make the films not family-friendly. Realistic, rather than glorified, depiction of [[violence]] has always been characteristic of ''film noir'' technique.
Examples, without spoilers, are:
- ''The Maltese Falcon'', a famous movie starring Humphrey Bogart as an uncouth, selfish, but effective private detective in 1940s [[San Fransisco]].
- ''Pan's Labyrinth'', a 2007 award-winning [[Spanish]] movie, offered in [[America]] with [[subtitle|subtitles]], about a young girl's difficult life in revolutionary [[Spain]] during [[World War II]]. The juxtaposition of a darkened mood with stylized fantasy characters makes for an especially unique presentation.
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Examples, without spoilers, are:
- ''The Maltese Falcon'', a famous movie starring Humphrey Bogart as an uncouth, selfish, but effective private detective in 1940s [[San Fransisco]].
- ''Pan's Labyrinth'', a 2007 award-winning [[Spanish]] movie, offered in [[America]] with [[subtitle|subtitles]], about a young girl's difficult life in revolutionary [[Spain]] during [[World War II]]. The juxtaposition of a darkened mood with stylized fantasy characters makes for an especially unique presentation.
[[Category:Entertainment]]