FILM NOIR:
Coined by French film critics (especially Nino Frank in 1946) who noticed the trend of dark and downbeat the themes of many American crime and detective films were following the War (although not all Noir films are crime/detective.)
Examples of some of the first recognised Noir films are: The Maltease Falcon (1941), Murder, My Sweet (1944) and The Woman In The Window (1944).
Strictly speaking, film noir is not a genre, but rather the mood, style, point-of-view, or tone of a film. It is also helpful to realize that 'film noir' usually refers to a distinct historical period of film history - the decade of film-making after World War II
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FEMME FATALE:
1. A woman of great seductive charm who leads men into compromising or dangerous situations.
2. An alluring, mysterious woman.
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MISOGYNY:
The hatred or extreme dislike of women.
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Well done for research these aspects of film so promptly. www.filmsite.org has a more detailed definition of the femme fatale and also explaining why this archetype in films generally had to be destroyed. The definition on this website also explains how the femme fatale is a creature of misogynist attitudes to women. This makes interesting reading
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