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...... The film noir shares several characteristics that makes it recognizable. First of all, as the film noir originated somewhere in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the environment that it describes reflects a certain overall pessimism that things are likely to improve. This type of pessimistic approach gives the film noir one of their characteristic grim feeling, with a society plagued by corruption, a cynical approach to things and a world where trust between individuals no longer exists and betrayal can come from anywhere[3]
This translates into the way that the film noir is often shot. The common denominator is the fact that the environment is often either rainy or dark, humid/windy/bad weather, often in darkness. In this darkness, occasional glimmers of light include carnival or festival lights, not necessarily as a positive approach, but often to contrast even more with the bleakness and darkness that surrounds most of the parts where the action takes place......

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