CNM: Notes, French Noir

My take on French Noir/Things I noticed:

First of, the women's position changed in society. They were clearly portrayed as the protagonists for once, or as the deadly and ridiculously sexy antagonist; either way, they were seen as powerful and a force to deal with, so if a strong woman is dangerous; therefore she is more ''attractive''.

(an example of a literal femme fatale)

The protagonists of film noir are characterized as dark and morbid human beings, a rarity for the "heroes" of a story.

Film noir is sort of related to German Expressionism, but then they are also completely different from each other. It's just probably the essence of dark and light and the dark theme that makes them similar, since back then night shots or night scenes were all the rage. Film noir is "THE ESSENCE OF REALITY", and it deals mostly with plots that circle around the sex, money and crimes. Films of this kind displays the dark and inhuman side of life or to say, the reflection of the dark side in life and also the dark side of human nature. With the dark and morbid things in French noir, they also have a weird way of presenting Hell; I saw one portraying Hell as an underground sewer.

Also, weird and unlikely love story grabs attention from the audience, as the "uniqueness" of these couples are what are to die for in these films.

Film noir also has this thing that what you see is not actually what is happening but rather it's something that is shadowing the real happening (?). If you do not get this line then I beg your pardon; it's my head that's confused but that's how I see it.

With one word, I can describe Film Noir as: DARK. Specially when Film Noir actually means BLACK FILM.