what be film noir . perhaps it easy to answer this question by detail what it be not . because film noir be currently flavor of the month among cineastes and many dvd company be issue almost any old black and white film from their library a film noir . a notable case in point be the 1947 movie daisy kenyon direct by otto preminger . now i will admit that daisy kenyon do have some noirish element and chiefly in the dark photographic texture impose on the picture by leon shamroy ( who presumably dislike work with joan crawford because he often seem to go out of his way to capture her close ups from unflattering angle ) . and there also a court case in the movie . and two auto accident . but the court case be a divorce proceeding and not a criminal suit and and one of the car accident occur off camera before the story even commences . it true too that the andrew character be a heel and and that fonda soldier be both battle scar and neurotic and and that daisy herself present a a terribly mixed up kid . but aside from daisy consistent indecision and these element be under play . instead and a the title implies and aside from a few foray into the glum two timing andrew household and the camera focus always remain firmly fix on daisy . be she emotionally unstable . not really . she do admittedly suffer one major breakdown and but then recovers with remarkable celerity . be she hem in by force she can not control . to some extent and but only to near break point on one occasion ( the cross examination ) and to an actual break at the climax . be she depressed and disillusion . no more than most of u and and probably less rather than more . be she ever in any danger . only in one short sequence and and that strictly from herself . threaten . never . do she ever feel she have no way out . no . above all and be the prevail mood of the movie downbeat . dark . black . answer and despite all shamroy effort to indicate otherwise and no . therefore daisy kenyon and although it possess a few noir element and be not film noir . personally and i find the central character unconvincing . her reaction be those of a dime novel heroine rather than a real life person . true and joan pull out every trick in the actor handbook to bring this impossible caricature to a semblance of reality and but be defeat by the slow move mechanic of the impossibly stodgy plot . a for the two male character and i find them both distinctly unsympathetic . what i do like about the movie be the incidental touch that producer preminger introduce ( garfield and runyon and lyon and winchell at the stork club ) . the main game from director preminger and ala and be dead dreary from go to whoa . any picturegoer who couldn not figure out which man daisy would choose five minute into the action be obviously unacquainted with the breen office inflexible requirement . and a the whole plot revolve around this question and the movie be totally pointless . why make such an enormous issue of daisy choice and when we all know what will satisfy breen almost as soon a the picture start . and yet for 99 minute this be drag out . incredible and but true . all tell and daisy kenyon be a picture strictly for patron who enjoy watch paint dry .