Round Up The Usual Suspects
Film History Snippet: Film noir developed during and after World War II. After the war an ambience of anxiety, paranoia, suspicion, lingered in society. Soldiers, businessmen, factory workers, housewives were disillusioned. Film Noir reflected these tensions and insecurities of post-war America.
Fear, mistrust, bleakness, despair, and loss of innocence are quite evident in noir–reflecting the Cold War period when people were so afraid of being nuked. This is when people built bomb shelters on their property. So when you see a bad guy in a dark and smoky room plotting the murder of a femme fatal it is all metaphors of the day’s fears and insecurities.
Click here to see a film noir spoof. I tried to upload it to my blog, but as you know blogger is so random when it comes to uploading photos and video.
Film Noir Must See: STARLET STREET (1945), DETOUR (1945), THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946), WHISTLE STOP (1946), HE WALKED BY NIGHT (1948), TRAPPED (1949), IMPACT (1949), D.O.A. (1950), QUICKSAND (1950), and THE HITCH-HIKER (1953).
All of the above are some of the best film noir. You can get all of these in a 5 piece DVD Set for only $17.99! The Ultimate Film Noir Collection
