The Lady From Shanghai

Everyone knows the genre of horror, action, drama, romance, and comedy. Many people, though, do not know the genre of film noir. Film noir was very popular in the past, but not seen so much today.

The movie The Lady From Shanghai, is an example of film noir, starring and directed by Orson Welles.

The Lady from Shanghai is adroitly punctuated by many of the genre’s conventions, and viewers will be hard pressed to find a more impressive and thorough film noir.

This article really analyzes how this movies fits into the genre of film noir. Usually a film noir has a leading character that is usually a female called the femme fatale. Most are in black and white and usually have a voice over narration by the main protagonist who usually is a detective.