Directory of Foreign Noir Resources

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Sites that focus on French, British, Japanese and other foreign films influenced by the Classic American Film Noir.

Ever since French critics discovered and named "film noir," it has been a stylistic force in many foreign films. If they fuse noir with their own culture's quirks, the results can be arresting.

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• Boiling Points

  http://www.villagevoice.com/film/boiling-points-6396801
  Review by Elliott Stein of "Dark Visions: Japanese Film Noir and Neonoir".

• Stray Dog

  http://www.willamette.edu/~rloftus/jfilm/straydog.html
  Japanese film noir from 1949 that was inspired by the American film The Naked City.

• The Chase (1957)

  http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/the-chase/
  Review of a Japanese film noir with the basic elements that define the genre: moody black and white photography, a murder mystery and an elliptical manner of revealing important plot points.

 

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