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Apollo Leisure Guide: Film Noir
Dan Jardine reviews Nicholas Christopher's "Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City," and produces an enlightening essay in the process.
http://apolloguide.com/mov_feat0820.htm
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Film Noir and Contemporary American Culture
A series of essays exploring the themes of film noir and their relevance to contemporary culture in the United States.
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/noir/noirxx.htm
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High Heels on Wet Pavement
Essay from Michael Mills' The Palace examines the role of the femme fatale in film noir and how the archetype changed over time.
http://www.moderntimes.com/palace/film_noir/index.html
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Night of the Soul
Popular culture essay on the origins of film noir. Appendix includes references to seminal Borde-Chaumeton article on film noir as well as a lengthy filmography.
http://library.calumet.purdue.edu/nitesoul.htm
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The Shadows of Film Noir
Brian W. Fairbanks examines the film noir's origins and recent revival.
http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/writer/Shadows1.html
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Richard Widmark: The Face of Film Noir
Brian W. Fairbanks examines Richard Widmark's contributions to film noir, beginning with "Kiss of Death" in 1947.
http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/writer/widmark.html
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Bright Lights Film Journal: Film Noir and Neo-Noir
Film noir essays from the Bright Lights Film Journal.
http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/filmnoir.html
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Ten Shades of Noir
Illustrated essays analyzing ten genre classics.
http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue02/infocus.htm
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The Noir Connection
An essay describing film noir and the influence of German expressionism. Also a bibliography, filmography, and trivia quiz.
http://www.germanhollywood.com/noir.html
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James M. Cain: The Prince of Darkness
William Preston Robertson on hard-boiled writer James M. Cain's novels vs. the film noirs that were made from them.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2001/apr/13/features
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