Film Noir is i of Hollywood’s exclusively organic artistic movements. Beginning inward the early on 1940s, numerous screenplays inspired past times hardboiled American criminal offense fiction were brought to the screen, primarily past times European émigré directors who shared a for certain storytelling sensibility: highly stylized, overtly theatrical, amongst imagery ofttimes drawn from an before era of High German “expressionist” cinema. Fritz Lang, Robert Siodmak, Billy Wilder, in addition to Otto Preminger, amid others, were amid this Hollywood vanguard.
During in addition to at i time next World War II, painting present audiences responded to this fresh, vivid, adult-oriented type of cinema — equally did many writers, directors, cameramen in addition to actors eager to convey a to a greater extent than mature world-view to Hollywood product. Largely fueled past times the fiscal in addition to artistic success of Billy Wilder’s adaptation of James M. Cain’s novella Double Indemnity (1944), the studios began cranking out criminal offense thrillers in addition to murder dramas amongst a especially nighttime in addition to venomous thought of existence.
In 1946 a Paris retrospective of American films embargoed during the nation of war clearly revealed this tendency toward visibly darker, to a greater extent than cynical criminal offense melodramas. It was noted past times several Gallic critics who christened this novel type of Hollywood production “film noir,” or dark film, inward literal translation.
WHAT: Friday, August 7th, The Lady from Shanghai
Saturday, August 8th, Key Largo
Friday, August 14th, The Third Man
Saturday, August 15th, The Asphalt Jungle
Friday, August 21st, Sunset Blvd.
Saturday, August 22nd, Touch of Evil
WHERE: Louisville Palace 625 South Fourth St. **All screenings @ 8 PM
TICKETS: Tickets are $5 per screening.
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