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Venetian Shadows: Blinds in Film Noir

"The usual lighting setups of classic Hollywood consist of key light, back light, and fill light. Noir does away with fill light to create a higher contrast and long black shadows. The power of Venetian blinds lies in the way they cut those shadows in parallel stripes, crisscrossing the ever-present detective's office, characters' rooms, but especially painting bevelled prison bars' shadows over our morally dubious heroes.
Venetian Shadows contains a chronological sliver of the history of Venetian blinds in noir. The journey starts with The Maltese Falcon (1941) and ends with Silver Lake, with pit stops in most major noirs and neo-noirs partial to lacerated lighting. Hopefully this video essay illuminates the genre's tales of crime, love, murder, and other shenanigans."
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The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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The Woman in the Window (1944)
The Woman in the Window (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
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Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Scarlet Street (1945)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Gilda (1946)
Gilda (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
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The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Crossfire (1947)
Crossfire (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
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Out of the Past (1947)
Out of the Past (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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In a Lonely Place (1950)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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The Big Heat (1953)
The Big Heat (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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The Big Combo (1955)
The Big Combo (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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Touch of Evil (1958)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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Chinatown (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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Cutter's Way (1981)
Cutter's Way (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
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Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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Basic Instinct (1992)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   55%
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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
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L.A. Confidential (1997)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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Killing Them Softly (2012)
Killing Them Softly (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   74%
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Under the Silver Lake (2018)
Under the Silver Lake (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   59%
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