Film Noir Film Analysis

Film Noir is a term in French meaning the’black film’. It could not be easily defined as films of this peculiar genre is produced under a particular circumstances during 1939 to late 1950s generally. It was first brought up in 1946 by a French film critic named Nino Frank. Accrdoing to his definition, it was a new trend in crime movies in the Hollywood that contains certain negative aspects such as violence, sexual y motivate and vulgarity with vision of dark and shady in overall. Although the film was produced in 1974 in colour, Chinatown is identified as a noir film with the containment of classic noir-film elements, including the development of a flawed male protagonist and an authority figure, the atmosphere of deceit and hopelessness,

murders and crime situated in urban setting et cetera. The idea of having a heroine who is dishonest and unscrupulously is expected for a noir-film and therefore, when audiences are watching, there is a tendency of conjecturing the characters’ nature and what would they have done. Femme fatale, one of the main aspects of film noir, is used as a tool to create disillusions to audience in this film.
We all falls into the web of corruption as Jake Gittes, the main character of the movie because of Evelyn Mulwray. The character roles of women cultrualy in 1940s where the movie is set are reflected on her. She is first portrayed as a beautiful and strong women full with secrets and lies like all the other heroine in noir-film. From experience, she should not be trust because in turn, she may be devouring others around her in oder to achieve her wants. She is suspecious for being involved in her husabnd’s murder because seems As the story develops, she becomes an enigma character. Jack Bozzer, a university professor of communication saids “The femme fatale was not so much a ‘criminally depraved and castrating character’ but an ‘object of ongoing social and personal abuse.” Evelyn is revelaed and uncover not only the death of his husband but also the secret of her past. The brutish and gloomy society and authority were demonstarted by her father Noah Cross. In this male-run society, the notion of man being powerful and dominant has never been obliterate. Even if there may be a perception that women gradually comes into power, to be strong and independent, a passive, vulnerable image of female remains as it is thousands of years ago.
The reality id far more complex as we thought.
“Role as femme fatale has tied her closely to undercurrents of sexual, social and ideological unrest.” Chinatown breaks the convention of film noir for deficient a femme fatale