Should we think of film noir as a genre or as a style? Make detailed reference to at least ONE American film noir, and compare / contrast with at least ONE film from another genre.

Should we think of film noir as a genre or as a style? Make detailed reference to at least ONE American film noir, and compare / contrast with at least ONE film from another genre. Include a filmography and a bibliography. Your bibliography must include at least FIVE PUBLISHED TEXTS (not from the internet). One of these texts should be Langford, Film Genre. Use the bibliography in Langford and the reading list provided on BREO to find further texts.