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     According to the reading, film noir is based on movies from pre-millennium '90 that were based on dark, scary and suspenseful films. Film noir is best described as, crime-infested, shadow-draped, and black and white movies. Most of these films were imported from Europe. Germans and Australians, who had fled the Nazis and expressed there experiences in their films. Film noir is described as more of a white film, so basically these films are for and about white people. Film noir is a style that most film makers enjoy, and that of young filmmakers began in noir mode. As “The Neo-Noir’90s” describes it,” film noir is still exuding its old, shadowy glamour”. You would think during the time film noir had started it would have been a time of despair and depression but no, it was during an age of peace and prosperity. There were three novelists that took part in the vision of noir who were Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammet, and Cain. Immediately following World War II, film noir seemed to change more. Most of the films that were made were not box office hits, they were considered a fluke, and unlikely to go anywhere. Such as the movie “L.A. Confidential”, most of the audience was directors, film students, critics and some of upscale film enthusiasts. Most of these films now are low-budget, independent films. This reading describes film noir perfectly “noir is a stylistic safety blanket that lets us deal with crime and chaos without saying what’s really on our minds”.