In this episode, we take a detailed look at the birth of film noir. We set the stage and then zoom in on the major innovations of 1940 and 1941 that pushed filmmaking from more established conventions, into the newly forming territory of film noir. Several filmmakers and individual movies are discussed, and how they collectively helped  cultivate the beginning of film noir's classic era.Check out our website at: https://shadowsofnoir.comOur new Patreon page:patreon.com/ShadowsofNoir