Deep focus: How the French birthed film noir, Sight & Sound
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Any discussion of French film noir must begin by challenging a few myths. Raymond Borde and Etienne Chaumeton’s seminal A Panorama of American Film Noir, first published in 1955, sees film noir – despite the French name – as an American phenomenon.
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Deep focus: How the French birthed film noir, Sight & Sound
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Deep focus: How the French birthed film noir, Sight & Sound
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Deep focus: How the French birthed film noir, Sight & Sound
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Deep focus: How the French birthed film noir, Sight & Sound