Basic Film Noir
Film Noir Traits
Film Noir Directors
Film Noir Miscellaneous
100
The first film critic to use the term "film noir".
Who was Nino Frank?
100
An archetype character in film noir who usually brings about the downfall of the protagonist through seduction.
What is the femme fatale?
100
He directed TOUCH OF EVIL.
Who is Orson Welles?
100
These are two common occupations for a film noir protagonist.
What are private detectives ("private eyes") or police detectives?
200
The country in which classic film noir movies were made.
What is the United States?
200
They are often non-linear, elliptical and/or twisting.
What are film noir plotlines or storylines?
200
He directed DOUBLE INDEMNITY.
Who is Billy Wilder?
200
TOUCH OF EVIL was distributed in this year.
What is 1960?
300
The literal English translation of the term "film noir"
What is "black film"?
300
An activity that many film noir characters often do, adding to the dark, 'smokey' atmosphere of the film.
What is smoking cigarettes?
300
Fritz Lang, Otto Preminger, Howard Hawks, and John Huston
Who are some of the most prominent directors of classic film noir movies?
300
DOUBLE INDEMNITY was distributed in this year.
What is 1944?
400
This is the decade when the "film noir" era began.
What is the 1940s?
400
Single-source lighting, extreme camera angles, and heavy use of negative space on the screen.
What are some visual characteristics/traits of film noir movies?
400
Classic film noir developed shortly after this worldwide event.
What is World War II?
500
The last film of the classic "film noir" era.
What is TOUCH OF EVIL?
500
Usually it's a cynical, hard-hearted, disillusioned male character.
Who is the protagonist (main character) in a film noir movie?
500
He directed the movie LAURA.
Who is Otto Preminger?
500
This was a common plot device used in classic film noir movies.
What is amnesia suffered by the protagonist?
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