Film Noir and the Imaginary
The Significance of the Telephone in Film Noir


Table of Contents

I. Introduction
II. Telephone-Conversations as Turning Points of the Story
III. The Significance of the Telephone in Sorry, Wrong Number
IV. Conclusion
Bibliography


I. Introduction

In the tangled networks of a great city, the telephone is the unseen link between a million lives. It is the servant of our common needs - the confidante of our inmost secrets. Life and happiness wait upon its ring - and horror - and loneliness - and death!1
Film Noir, with its claustrophobic, dark and estranged atmosphere, often explores the themes of secrecy and longing. Noir characters long for something they think they need, either to fill a gap in their lives or to break out of the normality of their everyday routine. The means to achieve this outbreak are usually found in money or, just as often, in wild romance and danger. The Noir hero is bored or unsatisfied with his existence......

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Title: Film Noir
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