Noir Fest
French Film Noir vs American Crime Movies
​"Film noir" is a genre with artistic quality and entertaining elements. "Noir Fest: French Film Noir vs American Crime Movies" is to screen 16 film noir titles adapted from crime novels, in which half of them come from France and the others come from the United States (US), to explore the interaction between these two batches of classics with audiences. Post-screening talks and seminar will be arranged for some of the screenings.
2021-12-11 ~ 2022-01-23
Cinema of the Hong Kong Film Archive/
K11 Art House
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The first appearance of the term “film noir” is generally attributed to the Italian-born French film critic Nino Frank (1904-1988). He is best known for being the first to use “film noir” to refer to American crime movies made in the 40s, such as The Maltese Falcon (1941) by John Huston, Double Indemnity (1944) by Billy Wilder, and The Big Sleep (1946) by Howard Hawks. But before that, the term “film noir” was used in French newspapers and film reviews to describe French films such as Quai des Brumes (1937) by Marcel Carné, The Human Beast (1938) by Jean Renoir, etc.
Purple Noon (Plein Soleil)
Notorious
Little Caesar
Pépé le Moko
The Human Beast (La Bête Humaine)
The Maltese Falcon
Double Indemnity
The Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la Peur)
Noir Fest
"We probably can say that “film noir” is crime movie of higher artistic level, with in-depth psychological study of the main characters, and there is usually a “femme fatale” who would drive the hero crazy, cause him deep trouble, or even put an end to his life."
——Freddie Wong (Curator)
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