Film Analysis Of The Film Noir, By Billy Wilder

In the film “Hunt for the Wilder People” and the prologue of ‘Kafka on Shore ‘identity can change through hardship. In ‘hunt for the Wilder people ‘. Identity can change through hardship is evident when Ricky Baker changes into clothes that blend into the bush setting whilst he was getting chased by the child welfare. Nevertheless, Ricky’s identity changes towards the end of the film as he no longer conforms to the gangster style clothing hence he blends in with the environment. Similarly, in the prologue of ‘Kafka on Shore’, Identity changing through hardship is evident when Kafka plans to escape from his father to re-establish his life. Moreover, He creates a new imaginary friend called Crow whilst he was facing hardship with his father.

Film Noir was extremely trendy during the 1940’s. People were captivated by the way it expresses a mood of disillusionment and indistinctness between good and evil. Film Noir have key elements; crime, mystery, an anti-hero, femme fatale, and chiaroscuro lighting and camera angles. The Maltese Falcon is an example of film noir because of the usage of camera angles, lighting and ominous settings, as well as sinister characters as Samuel Spade, the anti-hero on a quest for meaning, who encounters the death of his partner but does not show any signs of remorse but instead for his greed for riches.

Film Noir is a fairly self-explanatory name. French for “Dark” or “Black Film”, this style (not genre) of film is pretty much summed up in those two words. These films started being made in a 1940’s, Post WWII paranoia, with the threat of nuclear missiles looming over the heads of all United States citizens, Hollywood included. This paranoia led to disillusioned attitudes and existential feelings, which in turn were reflected in Film Noirs through things such as characters, with the two most prominent types being hardened male protagonists and femme fatales. Also, the “Darkness” of Film Noirs was not just a metaphor for the content of the film, but also a fairly literal description of the visual style was like. Taking influence from

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Film Noir came to be because of several aspects in the film industry like low budgets, low key lighting and self-indulgence. Going to the movies during the depression in the late 1920’s, was an escape from reality. Technology advancements like sound on film and Technicolor brought more people to the movies, increasing the number of movie theatres in the United States. Studios like Paramount saw the opportunity to make more money using Block Booking; a system that allows studios to sell “A-list films” with “B-list films” to independent theater companies. Studios were able to guarantee a profit from B-list films because they were being charged a flat rate with

I’ve gone on the record as saying I like Alfred Hitchcock’s films, though I only really love one so far (“Psycho”). My admiration for Hitchcock, along with the number of his films I love, increased after we watched his beloved “Vertigo” in my class. It may have barely surpassed “Psycho” as my favorite Hitchcock film.

Film noir is a style of crime drama movies from Hollywood that are often focused on sex, crime, and corruption by using techniques like: compromised heroes and contrasting characters; camera shots with objects that have physical properties of reflectivity, transparency and translucency; a femme fatale; and specific setting. Film noir movies were during the period of early 1940s to the late 1950s. Film noir means ‘black film.’ Other films that integrated film noir techniques but were not during films noir era were known as Neo-noir, meaning ‘new black.’ Neo-noir incorporates elements of film noir, but with updated themes, content and modern media of motion pictures.

Right from the enormity of 'Gaslight 's ' musical cords composed by B. Kaper; cajoled ambiance and expressions the filmography captivates the voyeur, even as a natural critic I found the pioneering aspect outshone any remote view Cukor overplayed the sado-masochism trait. Purely of the de facto the unsightly trait had to come across prominently for 'Gaslight ' to work under the genre of 'noir. ' The screen play written by: John Van Druten, Walter Reisch & John L Balderston was languor in contrast. Cukor blatantly threw caution into the wind and entrusted the professional marriage of Kaper and Boyer 's talents unlike any twenty-first century director would. Call it foolhardiness, naivety or cinematology wisdom - fortunately, 'Gaslight ' floated. Better still, his foresightedness has catapulted 'Gaslight ' as being credible reading material for film students across the spectrum. Their scholarly aim is to strip back to the core of noir, once they comprehend the noir components you appreciate the honesty of the film noir genre and as epochs pass, herewith dawns a modern adaptation, notably... neo-noir with David Lynch 's 'Blue Velvet ' (1986). What never dims is the influence of 'Gaslight ' - notably an assiduous presence. The key aspect (s) include:

In Paul Schrader’s “notes on film noir” essay, he was carefully to describe a very vagueness to the almost genre of film noir. He made it clear that it is a genre that cannot be specifically pinned down to a single black and white definition. For example he very wisely described it by saying, “It is a film “noir”, as opposed to the possible variants of film gray or film off-white”. This explains how there is this subtle thing, or a je ne sais quoi, that belongs to film noir that makes it film noir. While this “thing” that belongs to film noir is a feeling, it is something that also is very specific to a era in time. Schrader says how it is “period of time in film history”, which goes to show how strange film noir is. How can something that is so nonspecific belong to something so specific at the same time?

The movie is shot in black and white giving viewer the sense of dark world filled with moral corruption, evilness and betrayal. In the movie, Jeff was hired by the gangster named Whit Sterling to track down his mistress named Kathie Moffat. Whit told Jeff that she shot him and ran away with $40,000. Jeff was supposed to bring Kathie back but instead he ran away with her. This provide the evidence to the presence of betrayal in the movie. The use of shadows and lighting in this movie is also another aspect that proves that this movie is Film Noir. This

The film noir Casablanca by Michael Curtiz will always remain an American classic. Director Michael Curtiz shows WWII on the homefront, using the setting to transfer the viewpoint. Famous and popular actors Humphrey Bogart, Paul Henreid and actress Ingrid Bergman engage in a love triangle that leads the film to its purpose and theme. Whether the genre be a film noir or a wartime romantic drama, Casablanca illustrates lenient criticism through a hometown war rebellion setting and a true love’s hardships. With the use of low-key lighting, urban settings and unconventional camera angles, Michael Curtiz helps to illustrate Casablanca’s noir style.

The whole plan was to get rid of Mr. Dietrichson. Neff is decided to get rid of him by making a plan and helping Phyllis get the money she would receive. They later get on with the plan and end up killing Mr. Dietrichson. This is one of the themes in Double Indemnity and it's the main theme of the story. Another theme in this film is greediness, especially with Phyllis. In the film, Lola her step daughter, tells Neff how she believes that Phyllis killed her mother. As then deciding to marry her father later on. This demonstrates greediness in Phyllis as being a nurse and then being Lola’s dad wife. She lives in a nice place yet, she gets Neff to help her get money from her husband. Phyllis just wants more and the only way to getting more is by killing her husband and getting the money from the insurance. Some characteristics of film noir are femme fatale and the style of the film. A femme fatale can be described as glamorous, seductive, manipulative women. Often being the weakness, hope or downfall of the main character. This is what Phyllis represented in the film she gave the audience that feel that she was a very glamorous woman. As for then, the viewers see that Phyllis is a manipulative and deadly women that turned out to be. With the style of the film, there was a lot of use German expressionism that reflects low key lighting. There was a lot of it in Double Indemnity and it gave the film a mood in each scene with low-key lighting. For visual style, many films are shot in cities, at night and have wet dark streets. This is used in Double Indemnity, as in some scenes we see that Walter is walking at night to encounter Phyllis at her house. Neff is shown to be a very intelligent man, handsome although he isn;t the film noir hero. He is intelligent for creating his plan on murdering a man for a woman and having people not find out about it. Barton Keyes plays the role like a detective because he is shown to have an

They agree with Spade's plan and wait the long night until morning when he can retrieve the Falcon. Spade during this time demands to know the full truth and Gutman is happy to comply. Thursby and O'Shaughnessy had a close partnership and would not give up the bird easily, Cook killed Thursby and later O'Shaughnessy's other partner, Capain Jacobi. Gutman tells Spade in secret to watchout for O'Shaughnessy for she is not to be trusted. By early morning Effie brings over the package, Spade places it on his table, and like hungrey animals Gutman,Cairo, and O'Shaughnessy rip it apart revealing the Maltese Falcon. Gutman scrapes at its surface and discover it is a fake. Totally devastated, they realize they were duped, Gutman takes back his money

For instance, Double Indemnity was a novel by James M. Cain, which was adapted for Hollywood’s big screen. The movies shown at the time also has certain characteristics that derive from roots of the term. These films were full of pessimistic moods, psychological obsession, paranoia, crimes, cynical attitudes and darkness. Many of the directors producing in America, where German or Austrian, people who was “escaping from a nation that had lost its mind”(Hirsch, n.d.). Consequently, film noir has its roots in Europe, especially in Germany’s Expressionism.

The film is about a group of 5 people fighting to find and keep the