the marvelettes- I'll keep holding on: motown noir, dark streets and goth
Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas... Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. Film noir of this era is associated with a low-key black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography.
The term film noir, French for "black film",[1] first applied to Hollywood films by French critic Nino Frank in 1946...2]
... film noir is often identified with a visual style, unconventional within a Hollywood context, that emphasizes low-key lighting and unbalanced compositions...[8]
These snippets describe the most genral terms of what is known as Film Noir- a dark, sometimes sinister, highly gripping style of movie making. What does this have to do with a Marvelettes song?... moreFilm noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas... Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. Film noir of this era is associated with a low-key black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography.
The term film noir, French for "black film",[1] first applied to Hollywood films by French critic Nino Frank in 1946...2]
... film noir is often identified with a visual style, unconventional within a Hollywood context, that emphasizes low-key lighting and unbalanced compositions...[8]
These snippets describe the most genral terms of what is known as Film Noir- a dark, sometimes sinister, highly gripping style of movie making. What does this have to do with a Marvelettes song?
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