These changes pose a threat to trad itional values and the institution of the family. Film noir registers the antifeminist backlash by providing a picture of postwar USA in which there is no family. Women in film noir destroy their men and their families. THE WAR FILM War films use the experience of men in war. They show superhuman feats of bravery and spectacular displays of mass destruction.
War films enter a no-man's land of violence and death.
The war film puts its characters i n situations in which any voluntary or involuntary action can lead to death. It is we versus them. The traditional moral conventions are not valid in war. Most of the traditional beliefs about morality are suspended. Thus, a religious command such as Thou shall not kill is suspended at war.