a) The genre film noir is ''a french term referring to a kind of urban American genre that sprang up after World War II. Archetypal film noir revolve around an existentially despairing universe where there is no escape from mean city streets, loneliness and death.'' (Flash-Back, A brief history of film, p.588). ''The term film noir conjures up a series of generic and fashionable traits from certain Hollywood pictures of the 1940's and 1950's.'' (More than night, p..I) Film noir originated in America, emerging out of a synthesis of hard-boiled fiction and German expressionism. …
