FEMME FATAL AND DARK KNIGHT: HOW NOIR WORKS (VIDEOESSAY)

Why can't noir be called a genre? When did the "Noir film" appear and why is classic noir always pessimistic? How has the image of Femme fatal changed? Which camerawork techniques represent Noir? And how did Ridley Scott, David Fincher, Christopher Nolan and Nicholas Winding Refn develop the tradition of noir cinema?
In this video essay, we explain how Noir films work, and tell you the evolution it went through from the 1940s to the present day.