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The Best of Film Noir (1999) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1999 · 92 mins · English
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- Starring
- Greg O'Neil
Using over 30 clips and interviews, the documentary examines film noir’s iconic tough men and femme fatales. Host Jeffrey Wells discusses classics such as The Big Sleep (1946), Kiss Me Deadly (1955) and D.O.A. (1950). It portrays noir’s smoky underworld where dames and men become entangled in intrigue, conflict and lust from the 1940s onward.
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