French Poetic Realism and American Noir: “It’s always too late’”

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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Main Author: Rebecca Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LED - Edizioni Universitarie di Lettere Economia Diritto 2018-02-01
Series:Linguae &. Rivista di Lingue e Culture Moderne
Subjects:
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
Online Access:http://www.ledonline.it/index.php/linguae/article/view/1199
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spelling doaj-8bb0aa75246042c3865dd52b2bb515bf2020-11-25T02:20:39ZengLED - Edizioni Universitarie di Lettere Economia Diritto Linguae &. 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
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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
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title 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_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_sort french poetic realism and american noir: “it’s always too late’”
publisher LED - Edizioni Universitarie di Lettere Economia Diritto
series Linguae &. Rivista di Lingue e Culture Moderne
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1724-8698
publishDate 2018-02-01
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.
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
url http://www.ledonline.it/index.php/linguae/article/view/1199
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