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All of the following could be characteristic of film noire, EXCEPT:

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Film Noir is the collective classification given to movies that characterized the cynicism of the world in the immediate aftermath of World War 2. The films delved into the dark emotions of its characters and were often shot in dark locations to augment the dark, brooding nature of the movies. Pessimism, mistrust, insecurity, and even fear were the emotions that the film makers of the era tried to bring forth in their most primeval form. The main protagonists, the anti-heroes of the age were killers, sociopaths, and even the innocent fall-guys. The movies rarely had happy endings, and frequently ended with the anti-hero dying an un-glorious death. In spite of the age of film noir spanning more than two decades from the years of World War 2 to the 1960s, many critics and commentators do not ascribe the tag of a genre to the film noir age. They say that the movies just depict a mood and set the tone for the film.

  1. An attempt to trawl the depths of human psyche, and human experience and consciousness.

  2. A study in following the human flotsam being tossed upon the apathetic seas of life.

  3. The leading men were brooding and melancholic.

  4. The classification of these movies is not beyond controversy.
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Explanation

(1) Incorrect; can be inferred from 'The films delved into the dark emotions of its characters…' and 'Pessimism, mistrust, insecurity, …primeval form'. (2) Incorrect; can be inferred from 'The main protagonists…un-glorious death'. (3) Correct; it was the movies that were melancholic and brooding, cannot say whether or not the leading men were the same. An innocent fall guy might have been a happy-go-lucky guy before falling victim to the privations of life. (4) Incorrect; can be inferred from the fact that many critics still do not believe film noire to be a separate genre of movies. (5) Incorrect; because the movies sought to portray the cynicism in the aftermath of World War 2, it can be inferred that the movies had negative themes.

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