Using films/film clips from the third weekend class, discuss how film noir developed in the 1950s and beyond. Discuss specific films studied in the November class as they reflect (or not) the basic characteristics that have come to be identified with film noir. In addition to films or film clips shown in the November class, you are also free to use extra examples from Noirs you know, or discovered by your own research.
The Set-Up (1949)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Night and the City
The Killing (1956)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Critics’ Picks – ‘Night of the Hunter’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfpbVqdkLbo
Love – Hate: Night of the Hunter
Robert Mitchum – The Night of the Hunter – “Leaning”
‘Ace in the Hole’ Essay by Molly Haskell
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/591-ace-in-the-hole-noir-in-broad-daylight
Spike Lee on Ace in the Hole
The Kubrick Series – THE KILLING
Night and the City Wrestling Scene
Night and the City (1950) Trailer
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Trailer
Marilyn Monroe in Asphalt Jungle