1. Le Corbeau ~ Tony Williams
Nicolò Maganzini

2. Historical Setting
1943 - France
Nazi Occupation
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1940 1944
«Zone Libre»
~ Vichy

3. Reception
~ Bad portrayal of French!
~ Bad portrayal of family, Church!
~ Fascist ideals!

4. Directors often…
Hid behind the formal beauty of their
mise-en-scene and the elegant construction
of their screenplays as if to draw a curtain
between their ideas and anyone in the
audience who might be offended by those
ideas.
~ E. Ehrlich

5. Life during
Nazi Occupation
New cinematic style:
proto-film noir
Noir + Hollywood + German Expressionism
Evoke atmosphere in France

6. Camera Movement:
06.53

7. Camera Movement:
02.50

8. Camera Movement:
45.00
48.25

9. Sound:
48.25
02.50

10. Themes/Metaphors:
Blackmail, spies, informants
Moral Relativism vs Moral Certitude
Swinging lightbulb, Globe
Critique of Femme Fatale
Looks Are Deceiving
Gestapo