Download or read book What is Film Noir? written by William Park and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Film Noir? surveys the various theories of film noir, defines film noir, and explains how the genre relates to the style and the period in which noir was created. It also provides a very useful theory of genre and how it relates to film study.