Film Noir as Genre (Discussion)

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Narrative vs. Theme

  • All Groups: To understand genre, it helps to distinguish "narrative" and "theme." What is your understanding of these two terms and the difference between them?

Readings

Bibliography

All from Alain Silver and James Ursini, eds., Film Noir Reader (New York: Limelight, 1996).

  1. Raymond Borde and Étienne Chaumeton, “Toward a Definition of Film Noir,” 17-25.
  2. Raymond Durgnat, “Paint It Black: The Family Tree of the Film Noir,” 37-52.
  3. Paul Schrader, “Notes on Film Noir,” 53-63.
  4. Janey Place & Lowell Peterson, “Some Visual Motifs of Film Noir,” 64-75.

External links

  1. Film Noir Illustrations
  2. Film Noir Timeline
  3. Lady from Shanghai screenshots
  4. The Maltese Falcon screenshots
  5. Out of the Past screenshots