Film Noir Classics on DVD
After World War II, a style of American movies became known as Film Noir. This style was recognized for its dark shadows and suspenseful tone. A common theme in Film Noir was that of the average man mistakenly having his ordinary life thrown upside down and sent in a downward spiral. Our protagonist first must fight through feelings of paranoia, them must fight outside of society's laws and norms to get back control of his life. Pulp Fiction writer Cornell Woolrich explored this theme in many stories.
Other themes and plots were explored under the style of Film Noir. The boudries of modern day film suspense were first set with Film Noir and evolved into the film masterpieces from legendary director Alfred Hitchcock.
Film Noir movies from the 1940s through the late 1950s capture post war anxieties, the changing times, and the evolution of American story telling.
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 | D. O. A.
A doomed man races against time to find out who poisoned him in this classic film noir.
Accountant Frank Bigelow (Edmund O'Brien) arrives in San Francisco for a brief vacation and visits a local dive, the Fisherman's Club, where a mysterious stranger slips him a m ... read more |
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Pickup on South Street by Samuel Fuller
Petty crook Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) has his eyes fixed on the big score, but when he picks the purse of unsuspecting Candy (Jean Peters) he finds a haul bigger than he could imagine: a strip of microfilm bearing confidential U.S. secrets.
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 | Dark City: Lost World of Film Noir by Eddie Muller
Welcome to Dark City, urban landscape of the imagination. A place where the men and women who created film noir often find themselves dangling from the same sinister heights as the silver-screen avatars to whom they gave life. Eddie Muller, who led readers on a guided tour of the ... read more |
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Film Noir: The Dark Side of the Screen by Foster Hirsch
Since The Dark Side of the Screen first appeared two decades ago, when film noir was still a little-known group of dark, brooding postwar B-movies, it has become the essential take on what has become one of today’s most pervasive screen influences and popular genres. Covering ove ... read more |  |
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