Origins of Film Noir 

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I have never commented on a video ever.! Even though Im using RU-vid for quite a few years now.. But you sir..you just made me want to thank you..not a film student.. But great lover of film.! Please keep doing the great job.. We need people like you.

This is perfection! Should have millions of views. Thank you.

Dorothy clicks on Filmmaker IQ: "Toto, I don't think we're viewing WatchMojo anymore".

A BIG WOW for the noir opening/closing !!!

Man this is the third time I've watched this one all the way through and it gets better every time. On a channel of truly exceptional videos, this is one of the best.

Great insight into not only noir, but film in general. Wonderful job here!

I just wanted to say that this was amazingly well written and presented. Kudos.

Apart from the really nice lighting, it's a bonus that we don't get to see the autocue reflected in your glasses...

What was the first film that showcased the stereotypical monologue backed by piano and saxophone? "It was a dark night in a city that knows how to keep its secrets. But on the 12th floor of the ACME building, one man is still trying to find the answers to life's persistent questions. Guy Noir, private eye."

So happy to find this video has an excellent transcript, so students who are learning English as a second language can improve their language. Added to my Close Captioned video list to use with my students.

Just discovered your channel, and I cannot believe how much I've missed out! Much respect.

This video was better than expected. Thank you for the posive advice at the end, and the editing in the begining was top notch!

Great video. I'm posting this on my Facebook movie page. I made my, crazy classic movie page on Facebook as a way for me to save links like old film Noir movies and total b-movies, and not have to subject my friends on Facebook to see all these posts. It's not a very popular page but I got about a hundred sixty followers. So I think this video is a good educational tool for anyone who doesn't know about film Noir. Really well done and great history

John!! Love the stylised production.... and of course the exceptional content and delivery. Bravo.

I really like the look and feel of film noir, but also the elaborate metaphors and analogies that you sometimes hear when a private eye is narrating

Please can you do a video on the history of gangster or crime movies would love to learn about them and you seem to explain movies well

I find Film Noir very satisfying, and find it works very naturally with other genres such as Sci-fi, Crime, Period Pieces, Comic Book movies. Many of my favourite films are noir or influenced by it, such as Blade Runner, Chinatown, LA Confidential, Brazil, Dark City, The Third Man. There's something about that is malleable and doesn't date.

Great presentation john. Been following you on FB for a while and watching your videos here and there. Always a pleasure to see your view.

Great video, John, as usual :)

Well done John! A very nice overview of the genre. Inspiring for future work - thanks!!

I am melting at the awesomeness of this video!!!! ..... Bravo! Over the Top Great video! sbf

Absolutely love The Big Combo. Also The Big Heat and The Big Sleep. 3 of my fav noirs.🎥👍

these helped a lot! amazing job and thanks!

Love your insight and information , splendid

Thank you for featuring Dark City... people tend to overlook that film in these type of videos. One of my favorites!

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Wish I could take a film studies course with this guy.

I gather you make these videos for film students, maybe? I'm no film student, just a big fan of movies, and your vids are great. Loves me some noir. You mentioned Batman fims; the better of the Batman-related TV shows are also heavy on noir, including "Batman: The Animated Series" from the 1990s and the current "Gotham". TAS especially, since animation means you can exaggerate the noirish elements like crazy. Both series also deliberately play with anachronistic technology to you can't really figure out what decade it's supposed to be. In Gotham people have cell phones but they are all driving 1980s cars (like a Scorsese gangster film), and in TAS the designs are all art deco and there are computers with black and white monitors.

To me the definitive film noir is Kiss Me Deadly.

Thanks for posting. Liked it. Favorite in that genre is Blade Runner and The Big Sleep. Seems like the dialogue in noir is as interesting as the themes. There are some great lines in The Big Sleep.

There was (and is) a category of fiction known as noir, prior to motion pictures. Fascinating presentation here

Nicely done enjoyed it !

This is amazing!!!!! Thank you!!!!

great great great presentation thank you

Excellent video. Thank you.

You are a master teacher. :)

My favorite noir is The Big Sleep. Not a "b" movie, but definitely film noir. Dark lighting, seedy characters, and a dark story.

A Tribute to Film Noir Thanks for your advice Mr Hess!

Very well presented.

I was constantly wondering if you're going to show Sin City and sure enough there it was. Keep up the good work. Cheers :)

Funnily enough _Who Framed Roger Rabbit_ (which ironically takes place in the heyday of noir), and even _The Big Lebowski_ have major elements of noir woven in the fabric of its narrative

hot diamonds, cold hard cash dirty coppers, clean getaways stand up guys, low down rats two-timing dames, only one way out This is film noir. " What's your angle, sister? "

Wow ,"Mr. John P Hess." My IQ actually increasing after watching RU-vid? Thanks and the "Femme fatales" so fricken hot, just stunning!

Thank you for the video.

perfect video!

Love the intro 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻and the fedora!!! 👍🏻🕵🏻

Thematically, Christopher Nolan has a lot of film noir influences in his body of work from Memento to Insomnia.

Love it Mr. Hess, you're such a baller

Fascinating.

GREAT fantasmatical historical lesson!!!

at 11:26, you say, "coming in on the tail-end" after the famous tail-end scene from the "Big Combo" is played. Well timed?

Nice job.

Impressive production

Your videos are so thorough and informative. I love the content. I was blown away that Karl Freund worked on Metropolis and I Love Lucy. How fascinating!

Can you do a video regarding the three act story structure please?

Minority Report had lots of Film Noir elements also

Do a video on the origins of German Expressionism !!

Awesome video! Also how about Brick? That was to me a film noir set in high school

yes!!

This is just a personal opinion but I think Caravaggio has had an immense influence on the visual (especially lighting) style of Noir.

Awesome

Thank you John. I have been a big fan of Film Noir for a long time. Love the low down in your video and you keep on being a great storyteller!! 😎

I can totally see that.

nice work again but there is a small misspell: Its "Karl Freund", not Fruend its german for "friend" btw :)

Another good episode!!! Good shit!!! BLADERUNNER!!!

Great hat. I want one. What brand ? Color?

Great video! What's the name of the song played in the background as John Hess speaks?

I’ve never heard “noir” pronounced like that before. Always thought it was one syllable

this is fascinating I've been trying to write up in the war movie or novel for some time now

I'm going to be that squirrel on the thread - but, are you part Filipino? My Filipino-dar is going off and making me think of my family! Love the video - great, succinct overview of Noir. Thank You!!

Body Heat,,, excellent film noir,,,

How'd you de-sat your skin tones without taking away from the color of your tie? Was that just an automated post-production thing, or is there a trick to manipulating the color saturation with the lighting?

This guy is cool. Thanks for the essential info Mr. Noir. Larry, Taiwan

This is a listenable.

excellent genre. have you made a video on horror? or slasher?

Interesting. I don't know much at all about film noir. Thanks for the introduction. You know, the film studios continued to do block-booking until the 1970's...but only when they were selling to TV studios. I guess there was a loophole. Universal, for instance, would sell a batch of horror movies to a TV studio for the Friday night late show, or Creature Feature or whatever. If you wanted Dracula, you had to buy House of Frankenstein with it. This started in the 1950's.

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Certainly Fritz Lang's "M" (1931) qualifies as being the earliest of the sound film noir genre.

Hm, how about The Maltese Falcon? I've heard that considered classic film noir as well by many people.

What year was noir in

The contested question… Is Noir a genre in its own right or style of film?

Great was what it was

does Louis Malle's, Atlantic City rate?

I’ve heard someone refer to film noir as a “cycle” rather than a “genre” and I think that works better. If film noir is a genre, why do we count anything from the 60’s onwards as “neo-noir”? How do you define it? Calling it a “cycle” places it in a historical context and removes some ambiguity.

Do you have a ponytail?

What about M? It's a German film released in 1931 staring Peter Lorre. I'd say it ticks all the boxes for film noir.

6:00 ...'many film makers were laid off.' Yes, and there was another reason many workers in film were "laid off" during this time period and his name was Joseph McCarthy. But they couldn't get a job in television or anywhere else. The smarter ones moved to Europe, never to return to the U.S.

Wings of Destiny intensifies

The latter day examples seem more horror than noir. There is a difference. Also, the more modern, the more overstated and obvious seems to be the rule.

So, would Casablanca be considered Noir? It used low lighting, was made as part of the studio system, I think it was originally considered a B-List movie, had a hard-bitten protagonist, and a forbidden love affair. But it's also a patriotic romance, so would this still fit?

I have in depth posts on my Blog about why this genre is affiliated with so many French Words. jaredmithrandirolorin.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-french-history-of-femme-fatale.html jaredmithrandirolorin.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-mysteries-of-gotham.html

The Dark Knight (2008) really ? i never thought of that.

He skipped my favorite one. Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

You spelt ''FREUND'' wrong!

Great! But "femme" ( as in ' femme fatale') is pronounced "fam"

They want Charlton Heston to play a Mexican

Just 7 years after kane.... Welles really let himself go.

The "Hays Code".... aka....."Hey" hey hey... you can't say that!

Motion picture production code is abbreviated as MPPC, so is the motion picture patents company. Not surprising, they are both annoying.