Noir

        The Definition of Noir is a crime fiction featuring hard-boiled cynical characters and bleak sleazy settings.It started from the early 1940s to the late 1950s.In this era is asscociated with a low-key black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography.Many of the prototypical stories and much attitude of classic noir derive from the hardboiled school of crime fiction that emerged in the United states during the great depression.The term fil noir,french for black film,first applied to hollywood films by French critic Nino frank in 1946,was unrecognized by most American film industry professionals of that era.

     Though film noir is often identified with a visual style, unconventional within a Hollywood context, that emphasizes low-key lighting and unbalance composition Film noir similarly embraces a variety of genres from thegangster film to the police procedural to the gothic romance to the social problem picture.Noir is often associated with an urban setting, many classic noirs take place in small towns, suburbia, rural areas, or on the open road so setting cannot be its genre determinant, as with the Western Other critics treat film noir as a "mood", characterize it as a "series", or simply address a chosen set of films they regard as belonging to the noir "canon".