Title: Worldwide Film Noir Tradition
Description: What started as a handful of American crime movies celebrated by French critics after WW II has grown to become the most resonant and enigmatic of all film categories. Since film noir is not a clear-cut, predefined genre like the western or musical, the term has always been open to confusion and dispute. For decades the cultural influence of noir has been expanding.
Subjects: Film noir, History and criticism, Encyclopedias, Motion pictures, Plots, themes