Film Noir

• 1940s - 1950s classic period for Hollywood crime dramas
• Low light, shadows, many night time scene, love interests, police dramas, sinister people, the rise of the anti-hero

Neo-Noir

• Film Noir style has been emulated since the 1960s, with a contemporary lens
• Films such as:
  Chinatown (1974), Blade Runner (1982), The Usual Suspects (1995), L.A. Confidential (1997), Collateral (2004), Drive (2011)
• America continuously roots for the anti-hero

Today's Everyday

• You'll notice there are imperfect borders ... this is intentional
• We often find our anti-heroes in the midst of their work ... another heist, another case, another love interest
• They've gotten along before we met them and they will continue after