Lady from Shanghai as film noir

Orson Welles’ Lady from Shanghai is an example of film noir. Films of this genre “show the dark and inhumane side of human nature with cynicism and doomed love. They emphasise the brutal… dark and sadistic sides of the human experience.” Technically, Lady from Shanghai does meet the features of film noir. It shows technical detail and also strategies of representation both filmic and narratogical. This essay will discuss the ways in which Lady from Shanghai shows the above representatio...