There are some critics that view film noir as a genre; thus it will rely upon a system of well defined conventions and expectations like othergenre defined movies; for instance the Western or the musical. If film noir is referred to as a genre. First, genres tend to cross periods instead of being bounded by them and the film noir is generally very closely connected with the 1940s Hollywood. This particular criticism of noir as a genre relies upon whether one regards the more recent films as a continuation of the noir tradition or not. Furthermore film noir tends to cross traditional genre boundaries; there are both noir westerns, gangster films and comedies to mention some. The fact that the term film noir was not familiar to the film industry and audience of the 40s and 50s does not necessarily work as an argument against the genre definition of noir, because it is possible to argue that the defining characters of the noir constituted a set of conventions and expectations. Still, apparently the makers of noir did not deliberately set out to actually make noirs. A critique against regarding film noir as a genre is that it will not include all the films that have been seen as noirs. But this may also be a reflection of problems within the methodology of film criticism.
film noir:
In this picture the female, with a shadow coming across her face due to the high key lighting, this indicates that she is hiding not only half her face but also her identity, this is for no apparent reason so it makes her seem mysterious. She is squinting her eyes just enough for us to see them, this seems very seducive and interlinks with the film noir theme. Even though this picture is in black and white we can tell that she is wearing roughed lipstick this signifies danger. The fact that her coat's collars are held up and she is in an unknown area also reinforces the coverage of identity and seems very 'Gangter' like which mirrors the theme film noir.
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