They Live By Night (Nicholas Ray, 1948) - Noir outside the city

11 Março 2025, 09:30 • José Alberto Olivença Duarte

They Live By Night (Nicholas Ray, 1948) - Discussion of the film using Imogen Sara Smith's text on noir outside the city and by looking at the film as road noir. 

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Film Noir outside the City

6 Março 2025, 09:30 • José Alberto Olivença Duarte

Film Noir outside the City: the rural noir; desert noir; road noir and western noir. Examples of how film noir (and its tropes) cast a long shadow beyond the urban site (the site par excellence of film noir).

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Conclusion of the previous class

27 Fevereiro 2025, 09:30 • José Alberto Olivença Duarte

Conclusion of the previous class. Discussion and analysis of the final sequences of Double Indemnity. The tropes and characteristics of Film Noir; the Femme Fatale and the Homme Fatale. 

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Continuation of the previous class

25 Fevereiro 2025, 09:30 • José Alberto Olivença Duarte

Continuation of the previous class. Double Indemnity as the standard example of film noir. 

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Continuation of the previous class

20 Fevereiro 2025, 09:30 • José Alberto Olivença Duarte

Screening and discussion of Double Indemnity (Wilder, 1944): importance of the city and the mise-en-scène. Study of themes such as the double or the femme fatale.  

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