In film noir, james naremore argues it is often easier to identify than it is to define wst 371

In film noir, James Naremore argues it is often easier to identify than it is to define. Naremore discusses problem of defining film noir. For reasons specific to their own culture, the French originated the idea of American film noir in the decade after World War II. But Hollywood has also often shaped this definition even if this ended up being partially incorrect especially in the 1970s and ’80s.

The meaning of the term has changed over time, making it much simpler to identify the fascinating Hollywood’s dark films of the 1940s than to pinpoint a correct  definition of the genre.

this null effect is caused by a weak manipulation and ineffective internal validity. in a scientific study, as the one dr. morimoto is trying to perfom, internal validity refers to the confidence placed in the cause-effect relationship and to how well an experiment is done and able to eliminate confounding variables.