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Ultimately, film noir’s charm lies in its combination of style, atmosphere, and layered storytelling. It’s a flexible, subjective genre or style, defined more by its mood than rigid boundaries. As film scholar and enthusiast reaffirm, noir can be created by anyone exploring the dark alleys of morality and mortality.
Noirvember becomes a stellar excuse to indulge in these shadowy stories, whether classic or modern, in black-and-white or color. The genre’s influence is everywhere, and its core themes resonate as strongly today as they did in the 1940s. Perhaps that’s because all of us, at some point, stand in the shadows, contemplating the ambiguous nature of morality — just like the timeless figures of film noir.