Film Noir

The film noir genre was a very entertaining genre for our class. It was a nice change because of the sense of danger and hopelessness everywhere. The most influential film we watched was chinatown in my opinion because it is so real and it is something that many people fear. Chinatown was important because it showed a vulnerable main charecter which is not common in film noir like kiss me deadly and out of the past. The sense of fear, darkness, and the feeling that no one is safe drives a strong thriller plot which gives everyone an uneasy feeling at the end of the film. film noir is most important though because of the amazing use of black and white photography which allows a darker feeling on everything especially when shadows play such a major role in the genre.