* Choose a dame with no past and a hero with no future
* Use no fiction but pulp fiction
* See America through a stranger's eyes
* Make it any color as long as it's black
* It ain't what you say, it's the way that you say it
Adelaide Screenwriter : Screenwriting, Movies, Tuckshop & Charm School.
Thursday, 26 June 2014
The Rules of Film Noir
Matthew Sweet explores his rules of 1940s and 50s American film noir thrillers:
2 comments:
Those are great rules. Both my daughters learned about Film Noir when studying film in high school. I wish that had been a subject in my day.
Love this. Will copy it and post it somewhere easily accessible while rewriting mine
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