Film Course - Investigating Film Noir (10 Weeks)

This course is designed to investigate questions about one of the most fascinating and complex categories in film history. But what does ‘film noir’ actually mean? Is it a genre? Is it a category of American films? Why is it known by a French term rather than an English one? How can we explain why these ‘dark’ films came to be made?

Our collective investigation will examine visual style and narrative themes; archetypal characterisations such as the private eye and femme fatale; influences and antecedents such as hard-boiled fiction and German expressionism; the impact of wartime and postwar fears and anxieties; low-budget noir; noir stars such as Humphrey Bogart; and ‘international’ noir.

Tutor: Ian Brookes

Duration: 10 weeks

When: Monday evenings from Monday 6 October, 7pm - 8.30pm

Price: £75 full / £60 members / £65 concessions / £50 under 25s

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