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Wikipedia - "Fallen Angel is a 1945 black-and-white film noir directed by Otto Preminger, with cinematography by Joseph LaShelle, who also worked with Preminger on the film Laura a year before. The film features Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Charles Bickford, among others. The film is famous for being the last film Faye made as a major Hollywood superstar." Wikipedia, Dennis Grunes, YouTube, senses of cinema, amazon, Noir of the Week

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Style: We will use very contrasty lighting, then keep the character in the dark and only use the light source available naturally to light him this will prevent any shadows being made that we don't want.

In an attempt to capture the visual brilliance of film noir in one place, The Nitrate Diva presents 50 beautiful shots from the best of the genre.

New book looks at how audiences and critics experienced the shady films of the 1940s.

A haunting sorrow returns on a breeze.

Film Noir shoot number 2 with the BTCR photo crew and our principal actor Caspar Braithwaite :) This time I wanted to explore the look of a downward shaft of light used so effectively in many noir movies, and in Ridley Scott's Bladerunner, which to me is "noir in colour". You need some haze. I don't have a specific haze machine, but if you leave regular fog to marinate for a while it evens out nicely. A pop-up reflector can speed up the fog mixing process. The light shaft and nice sharp…

Film Noir photos

For the past five years, Noirvember has been an annual month-long celebration of film noir in the month of November. In that time I've watched a lot of film noir (there's so many!). What I've compiled here is 30 films that I think distill the essence of the noir era (roughly 1941 to 1958). I tried to pick images that really encapsulate the tone of the era. I also included one quote from each film that I love. For more noir titles, They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? has a great list, with over…

Film Noir