Fatalism in American Film Noir
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
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film studies concept
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| gptkbp:centralTo |
narrative structure of film noir
noir protagonists' psychology |
| gptkbp:characterizedBy |
existential despair
inevitability of fate moral ambiguity pessimism doomed protagonists |
| gptkbp:contrastsWith |
optimism in classical Hollywood cinema
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| gptkbp:depictedIn |
voice-over narration
flashbacks urban settings dark cinematography |
| gptkbp:examinedIn |
academic literature on film noir
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Fatalism in American Film Noir
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
existentialism
hardboiled fiction postwar disillusionment |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
American film noir
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| gptkbp:studiedBy |
film scholars
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| gptkbp:theme |
gptkb:Double_Indemnity
gptkb:The_Maltese_Falcon gptkb:Sunset_Boulevard gptkb:Out_of_the_Past Detour |
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gptkb:Robert_B._Pippin
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