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The Rules of Film Noir
The Rules of Film Noir

THE RULES OF FILM NOIR

Directed by Elaine Donnelly Pieper
United Kingdom, 2009
Documentary, History

Synopsis

Matthew Sweet explores his rules of 1940s and 50s American film noir thrillers: Choose a dame with no past and a hero with no future, Use no fiction but pulp fiction, See America through a stranger’s eyes, Make it any colour as long as it’s black, It ain’t what you say, it’s the way that you say it.

Synopsis

Matthew Sweet explores his rules of 1940s and 50s American film noir thrillers: Choose a dame with no past and a hero with no future, Use no fiction but pulp fiction, See America through a stranger’s eyes, Make it any colour as long as it’s black, It ain’t what you say, it’s the way that you say it.