... could be trusted and no one was secure. America, in short, had lost whatever delusions of innocence it had ever had. Life was rough, and the classic film noirs reflected this. And in a way, it comforted Americans to know that they weren't alone. The primary moods of classic film noir are typically melancholy, alienation, disillusionment, pessimism, ambiguity, moral corruption, evil, ... , and counter-balance the optimism of Hollywood's musicals and comedies. It was the style of black and white American films that first evolved in the 1940s that became prominent in the post-war era, and ...

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