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Detour is about a man who wandered from life of little possibility into one of total doom-motion picture refused to give the film a rating because the murderer was not brought to justice by the end of the story. It was said to be a raw and exposed film.

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These pictures had their own, unique look and although they were American, French critics came up with the name ‘film noir which translates into ‘black film’-black and white, dark and often about stories of sex, money and murder.

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In the 1940’s, straight after the war, popular films like Ziegfeld Follie, MGM Turner were screened, as well as film noirs, most being movies that were produced cheaply. Martin Scorsese was a director of film noir, Force of Evil being the first in which he remembers. The cycle of film noir ends, due to a shift in the mood of the country, from a dominant mood of anxiety to a sense of togetherness.

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Women are seen to be selfish characters with characteristics associated with males. In film noir, you see a combination of things in the female characters that are not often portrayed in other films, especially American-smart, powerful and sexual. Women often shown being shot in low angle and cutting to a man in high angle to give a visual dominance.

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Film photography-deep focus of both the foreground and background being equally sharp gives a wide visual feel opening up behind central characters. This gives a sense of environment. Deep focus and wide angle shots was an economical way of showing several characters in one scene.

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Joel Lewis was very good with setups. For a scene of a views from the back of a car through the front windscreen, everything was removed from the back of the car, a 2x12 board was laid down, with a high hat and a camera on top and a jockey seat for the operator. Button microphones were used for the first time, inside and outside the car. This particular film noir had a 4 day schedule but was shot in about 3 hours.