Filosofisk Forum invites you to an evening exploring how jazz shapes the classic American film noir genre. Benedicta Pécseli, cand.mag. and long-serving board member of Filosofisk Forum, leads the talk.
The lecture looks at the different roles jazz plays in selected noir films, from providing accompaniment to the unfolding and resolution of the plot, and considers what jazz contributes to each film and to the genre as a whole. Noir's city settings and detective stories, such as those centred on Philip Marlowe as played by Humphrey Bogart, provide the backdrop.
