Film Noir

1) I would describe Film Noir as not a genre, but as a certain mood and tone of a cinematographic film, mainly around the 1940's.

2) The film critiques described film noir as being more of the gangster and western genres. One critique described it as being the "flip side of the all-American success story." Which means that the films show more of the outcomes as being not as they expect. They do not always end up happy.

3) I have seen Double Indemnity by Billy Wilder, and recognize the directors Fritz Lang, Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Curtiz,