Film Noir

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Low-Key Lighting
Chiaroscuro lighting Rembrandt (1606-1669), The Night Watch, aka, The Company of Captain Frans Cocq (1642) (GAP) Source: Wikimedia Commons.For more information, see Wikipedia.
Out of the Past (1947, more)



The Lady From Shanghai (1948, more)	The Lady From Shanghai (1948, more)

The Ministry of Fear (1944)	In a Lonely Place (1950)

Low-Key Lighting and Night-for-Night Shooting, aka, Nuit Americaine (opposite of night-for-night)
Day-for-Night, aka, Nuit Americaine (opposite of night-for-night)
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)	Out of the Past (1947, more)

On Dangerous Ground (1951)

Night-for-Night
The Big Combo (1955)	Double Indemnity (1944)

Crime Wave, 1950	On Dangerous Ground (1951)

Urban Settings: Boxing Rings, Back Alleys, Cheap Hotel Rooms, Waterfronts, Nightclubs/Cantinas, Etc.
Phantom Lady (1944)	Fallen Angel (1945)

Out of the Past (1947, more)

On Dangerous Ground (1951)	Crime Wave, 1950

Unconventional Camera Angles: Low Angle, High Angle
Out of the Past (1947, more)

In a Lonely Place (1950)	The Lady From Shanghai (1948, more)
(reversed in "Some Visual Motifs of Film Noir")
On Dangerous Ground (1951)

Unconventional Camera Angles: Extreme Deep Focus
The Lady From Shanghai (1948, more)

Unconventional Camera Angles: Dutch Angle
Pickup On South Street (1953)	Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Women in Film Noir
The Femme Noir, aka Spider Woman, Femme Fatale
The Maltese Falcon (1941, more): Brigid O'Shaughnessy

The Lady From Shanghai (1948, more): Elsa 'Rosalie' Bannister

Out of the Past (1947, more): Kathie Moffat

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946): Cora Smith
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The Redemptive Woman
Out of the Past (1947, more): Ann Miller

On Dangerous Ground (1951): Mary Malden

The Big Heat (1953)
View clip. Source: DVDBeaver.