The world view generated within the film noir entitles this group of films to be considered as a distinct and seperate entity within the history of American film
Film noir shook the foundations of the establishment, and normal perceptions of the social order
Film noir captures and magnifies, and shifts the hidden foundations of a society, that begins the displacement of its characteristics and dominant systems of values and beliefs
Film noir offers us again and again examples of abnormal or monstrous behaviour, which defy the pattern s established for human social interaction, and which hint at a series of radical and irresolvable contradictions buried deep within the total system of economic and social interactions that constitute the known world.