film noir

英[ˌfɪlm'nwɑː(r)] 美[ˌfɪlm'nwɑːr]
  • 具有悲观色彩的影片
  • film n.电影;薄膜;胶卷vt.把...拍成电影;给...覆上一薄层;拍照片vi.变朦胧;拍摄电影
  • noir adj.轮盘戏中黑色数字的
Noun:
  1. a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters;

    "film noir was applied by French critics to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s"