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Film Noir

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Noun

1. film noir

a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters

Example Sentences:
'film noir was applied by French critics to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s'

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Film Noir

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noun
a gangster thriller, made esp in the 1940s in Hollywood characterized by contrasty lighting and often somewhat impenetrable plots

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Film Noir

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a type of film, esp. of the 1940s and 1950s, fatalistic, pessimistic, or cynical in mood and often dealing melodramatically with urban crime and corruption

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Film Noir

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n. pl. film noirs (fĭlm nwärz, nwär) or films noirs (fĭlm nwär)
1. A movie characterized by low-key lighting, a bleak urban setting, and corrupt, cynical characters.
2. The genre or style of such movies.

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