French Poetic Realism and American Noir: “It’s always too late’”
This paper investigates the connections between French Poetic Realism of the 1930s and American film noir and argues that their significance has been understated. The goals of this study are three-fold. It begins with an examination of the treatment of Poetic Realism in the most significant critical...
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| description | This paper investigates the connections between French Poetic Realism of the 1930s and American film noir and argues that their significance has been understated. The goals of this study are three-fold. It begins with an examination of the treatment of Poetic Realism in the most significant critical views of the genealogy of American film noir; then several films are analyzed in some detail to reinforce the connections and contrasts in specific French and American films. The paper concludes with several proposals about why the role of Poetic Realism has been so often presented as relatively insignificant. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8bb0aa75246042c3865dd52b2bb515bf2024-04-02T15:42:07ZengLED - Edizioni Universitarie di Lettere Economia DirittoLinguae &: Rivista di Lingue e Culture Moderne2281-89521724-86982018-02-01162132710.7358/ling-2017-002-mart972French Poetic Realism and American Noir: “It’s always too late’”Rebecca Martin0Pace UniversityThis paper investigates the connections between French Poetic Realism of the 1930s and American film noir and argues that their significance has been understated. The goals of this study are three-fold. It begins with an examination of the treatment of Poetic Realism in the most significant critical views of the genealogy of American film noir; then several films are analyzed in some detail to reinforce the connections and contrasts in specific French and American films. The paper concludes with several proposals about why the role of Poetic Realism has been so often presented as relatively insignificant.http://www.ledonline.it/index.php/linguae/article/view/1199film noir, French Poetic Realism, réalisme poétique, Jean Renoir, Marcel Carné, Fritz Lang, Jean Gabin, German Expressionism, émigré filmmakers, Post-World War II film—USA |
| spellingShingle | Rebecca Martin French Poetic Realism and American Noir: “It’s always too late’” Linguae &: Rivista di Lingue e Culture Moderne film noir, French Poetic Realism, réalisme poétique, Jean Renoir, Marcel Carné, Fritz Lang, Jean Gabin, German Expressionism, émigré filmmakers, Post-World War II film—USA |
| title | French Poetic Realism and American Noir: “It’s always too late’” |
| title_full | French Poetic Realism and American Noir: “It’s always too late’” |
| title_fullStr | French Poetic Realism and American Noir: “It’s always too late’” |
| title_full_unstemmed | French Poetic Realism and American Noir: “It’s always too late’” |
| title_short | French Poetic Realism and American Noir: “It’s always too late’” |
| title_sort | french poetic realism and american noir it s always too late |
| topic | film noir, French Poetic Realism, réalisme poétique, Jean Renoir, Marcel Carné, Fritz Lang, Jean Gabin, German Expressionism, émigré filmmakers, Post-World War II film—USA |
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