Road to Perdition is one of my favorite films and a stellar depiction of depression era gangsters, and The Godfather is the quintessential gangster film, but are they film noir? We have already viewed two films in The Big Sleep and The Maltese Falcon that fit this category, and we know that there are modern films that also fit this category: the question is, does either Road to Perdition or The Godfather? Certainly there are differences in the films and film making (our two primary examples come from the early and mid forties while Perdition comes from 2002 and The Godfather from 1972) among others. Your task is to determine if Road to Perdition and The Godfather qualify as film noir.
Remember that you need to use at least three hundred words in your post and that I will be grading writing conventions as well. It may be helpful to prewrite and also to use Roger Ebert's "Guide to Film Noir" which can be found here. One final note: you will want to use specific details, as generalizations will not give much strength to your argument.
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