Siodmak keeps the tone very close to the worldly precepts of noir throughout, identifying Frank’s furious reaction to the charismatic stranger subsuming his place and placing the control of the Dark Oaks at the centre of the narrative: even when eternal life is involved, or perhaps especially...
It’s easy to miss, but this man has actually been in the film the whole time. He first appears at the far left side of the frame after the first street car goes by, standing on the corner waiting for an opportunity to cross. Someone passes him, walking their dog, and another dog ...
Once that train has gone by, though, the train the camera is mounted on begins moving and enters the tunnel as well, creating the ideal moment for Smith’s film to interject. Despite ostensibly being set in a darkened railway car, the scene could still only be filmed in full, direct su...
Noir came into its own alongside the ravages of World War II, with the gangster and detective films of the era drastically transforming into something altogether new as the aesthetics of German Expressionism took hold in America, and in large part due to the influx of German expatriates like Fr...
For example, the average walking speeds of a freely moving elderly person, a male using crutches, and a female using crutches are in the range of 0.63 and 1.35 m/s; all of which are slower compared to that of a healthy younger person (1.4 m/s) [3]. Therefore, it is evident that ...