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Film noir movies feature a mood and film style, primarily associated with crime movies, that portrays its principal characters in a nihilistic and existential world. Film noir is principally derived from the hard-boiled style of crime fiction literature of the Great Depression era (many films noir were adaptations of such novels). The genre was first clearly seen in films released in the early 1940s. 'Noirs' were typically made in black and white, and had a dark, high-contrast style with its roots in German Expressionist cinematography. The term film noir was unknown to movie makers and actors while they were creating the classic film noirs. Film noir was defined in retrospect by film critics and movie historians; many of the creators of film noir later said they were unaware at the time that they were creating a distinctive film genre. Film noir is also a combination of styles with origins in painting and literature in addition to film. The aesthetics of film noir are heavily influenced by German Expressionism. When Germany fell to Nazism, many important film artists were forced to flee, including Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, and Robert Siodmak. They took with them techniques they developed, the most important of which were the dramatic lighting and the subjective, psychological point of view. Subsequently, these artists made some of the most famous film noir movies in the USA. - The preceding paragraph was derived from a full article available from Wikipedia and its use is governed by the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2.
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