The Rules of Film Noir

Below is a link to a really good documentary on film noir that was broadcast last year on BBC4. It is available for you to download and watch on campus through B0B. Just click on the link and search for 'Rules of Film Noir'. The programme also features author George Pelecanos (see module booklet) as one of the noir experts:
https://bob.roehampton.ac.uk/index.php

Also, check out this interesting interview with the maker of documentary, Matthew Sweet:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/6056395/Why-the-recession-will-lead-to-a-renaissance-in-film-noir.html

For those who are going to write their essay on film noir or for those who are simply interested there is the film noir series on monday mornings starting in a couple of weeks time (I gave out a leaflet about this yesterday). Lastly, I've also been in informed that one of the films I will be showing in the series- The Third Man- which depects post-war Vienna is also available on BoB.