Film noir is a genre of film generally set around the criminal underworld and involving some sort of mystery or enigma. The first acknowledged film noir is 'stranger on the third floor' released in 1940, the films new dark and gritty cinematic style set it apart from other crime films. The film noir genre originated from German expressionism and had it's heyday during the 40's and 50's. Film noir in French literally means film black. All these films were black and white and make big use of shadow. Film noir came to Hollywood in the second world war when directors from Europe had to leave their country's.
Famous directors in this genre include Billy wilder, Fritz Lang and Orson Welles.
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