Website review: High Heels on Wet Pavement: Film No...
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•63 reviews since Oct 8, 2002
film-noir, movies, femme-fatale
•moderntimes.com/palace/film_noir/
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Prima-Donna rated 3 weeks ago- Interesting look at the 'femme fatale' in film noir. Its possible, as the author suggests, to read into these movies a sub-text about the state of American society in the 40s and 50s but obviously any movie, in some way, reflects its era and really these were no more than (mostly) cheap and workmanlike attempts to cater to a mass audience. Some became classics despite their limited ambition.
- RunWithTheWolves rated 4 weeks ago
- Femme fatale - ah my favourite flavour. Agree with the lady below me (on the review page), it's a brief yet interesting discussion of the femme fatale - but also a naive reading. Sorry. Good starting point though. Thanks Prima-Donna http://prima-donna.stumbleupon.com/
- flashyR6 rated 4 weeks ago
- its interesting
- tiggertekah rated 2 months ago
- An interesting, if somewhat biased, take on the genre and (some of) the women in it
- fymarbles rated 5 months ago
- From the page: "The most consistent aspect of film noir, apart from its visual style, is its protagonists. If a usable definition of the noir protagonist is to be formulated, it must encompass its most intrinsic character motif; alienation. The undercurrent that flows through most high noir films is the failure on the part of the male leads to recognize the dishonesty inherent in many of noir's principal women."
- seekerpat rated 5 months ago
- This site reminded me of one of the best film noir titles ever: "Kiss Me Deadly"...pretty much sums up the genre.
- greenchair rated 5 months ago
- Nice tribute, except for this absurd, self-loathing conclusion: "The central figures portrayed in these films, were too often caught in their double binds, filled with existential bitterness. They were drowning outside of the social mainstream. They came to represent America's stylized vision of itself, a cultural reflection of the mental dysfunction of a nation in uncertain transition."
- Chalicechick rated 6 months ago
- Makes me want to go put my spike heels on.
- mikesmaddie rated 6 months ago
- This is a great, great article about a very important aspect of film noir (a film genre I really do love): the femme fatale.
- Reea rated 6 months ago
- From the page: "Femme fatale is defined as an irresistibly attractive woman, especially one who leads men into danger or disaster." the real femme fatale and film noir.
