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The Corruption Of Chinatown As A Film Noir

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Chinatown could be film noir on it’s, because it has the classic detective story, but it’s more of a neo-noir on it’s own, where a detective Jake gets caught up between lies, deceits, corruptions and murders. The film takes place in 1937 which is almost the time of Film Noir films, but not quiet. Chinatown has the look of film Noir, but with the trademark black and white and dark lighting gone. Neo-noir films are shot in colored, but has the style of a classic Noir. The style of Chinatown as a neo-noir film has similarities like a film noir, with the gentlemen in their suits, fedora hats, the ladies with the stylish dress and hair and everyone smokes. In Neo-Noir the films main female character relies on her intelligence more, as smart as the

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