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film noir: a standalone construct

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Film studies

a cycle of American crime films of the 1940s and 1950s marked by violence, moral ambiguity, eroticism and disorientation.

In film studies, film noir refers to a cycle of American crime films of the 1940s and 1950s marked by violence, moral ambiguity, eroticism and disorientation. This meaning comes from Borde and Chaumeton (1955/2002) in A panorama of American film noir, 1941-1953.[1]

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Borde, R., & Chaumeton, E. (2002). A panorama of American film noir, 1941-1953 (P. Hammond, Trans.). City Lights Books. (Original work published 1955) ISBN 9780872864122

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