Film Noir is a term coined by French film critics to describe a stylish Hollywood crime drama. The films are characterised by elements like a cynical hero, dark lighting, intricate plots and a sexual motivation. It is believed to have started when these films were released in France after World War II, during the 1940's. Early Film Noir titles include The Maltese Falcon (1941), Double Indemnity (1944) and The Big Sleep (1946).
Many pictures released from the 1960s onward
share attributes with film noir of the classical period, and often treat
its conventions self-referentially. Some refer to such latter-day works as neo-noir.
The clichés of film noir have inspired parody since the mid-1940s.
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