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<p>With a view to exemplifying how film noir can effectively combine elements of expressionism and realism through a participatory viewing experience, this paper provides a discussion of <italic>The Third Man</italic> as a cinematic text that concomitantly reiterates traditional insular values in times of global conflict and strengthens the individuality of post-war British cinema against the pressures of the American film industry.</p>
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With a view to exemplifying how film noir can effectively combine elements of expressionism and realism through a participatory viewing experience, this paper provides a discussion of The Third Man as a cinematic text that concomitantly reiterates traditional insular values in times of global conflict and strengthens the individuality of post-war British cinema against the pressures of the American film industry.

In the Shadow of the Cuckoo Clock. The Subversive Realism of <italic>the Third Man</italic>

“Babeș-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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In the Shadow of the Cuckoo Clock. The Subversive Realism of 

With a view to exemplifying how film noir can effectively combine elements of expressionism and realism through a participatory viewing experience, this paper...

In the Shadow of the Cuckoo Clock. The Subversive Realism of the Third Man

Published Online: Dec 26, 2023

Page range: 80 - 88

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2023-0009

Keywords
British cinema, film noir, palpable absence, semantic gaps, visual realism

© 2023 Octavian More, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

In the Shadow of the Cuckoo Clock. The Subversive Realism of the Third Man

Published Online: Dec 26, 2023

Page range: 80 - 88

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2023-0009

KeywordsBritish cinema, film noir, palpable absence, semantic gaps, visual realism

© 2023 Octavian More, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
British cinema, film noir, palpable absence, semantic gaps, visual realism