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Billy Wilder: Film Noir Inventor and Genius Lesson PlanBilly Wilder: Film Noir Inventor and Genius Lesson Plan
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PBS
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9th - 10th
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Visual & Performing Arts
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Billy Wilder: Film Noir Inventor and Genius

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This site is a lesson plan focused on post-World War II America and the film making career of Billy Wilder. Details on the Film Noir genre and its reflection of shifting American values. Click to a biography and timeline of Billy Wilder's life.

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stereotypes

Additional Tags

analyzing film, analyzing movies, art and society, billy wilder, film noir, pbs, american masters, american films, hollywood censorship, double indemnity, film noir genre, post-world war ii culture

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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