1 Season
13 Episode
American Cinema - Season 1 Episode 7 Film Noir (1996)
These cynical and pessimistic films from the 1930s and '40s touched a nerve in Americans. Historians link the genre's overriding paranoia to Cold War-related angst over the nuclear threat and the Hollywood blacklist. In addition, a cinematographer demonstrates the creation of noir lighting, which gave films their peculiar look and emphasized the themes of corruption and urban decay.
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- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : PBS
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- Cast : John Lithgow
