pBefore noir reached American shores, it was festering in Europe in the shadow of fascism. The femme fatale was no different, her need for advancement intersecting with the oppressive environment swallowing the continent. Tonight we#39;ll be looking at three different examples of the proto femme fatale as it crosses over with poetic realism and neorealism - and two of them come from that noir ur-text, emThe Postman Always Rings Twice. /emBy comparing emLa Bete Humaine/em (1938), emThe Last Turning/em (1939), amp; emOssessione/em (1943) we can take a snapshot of the femme fatale right before the noir era kicks off and becomes the archetype we know and love today./ppstrongRecommendations:/strong/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/one-way-passage/" rel="nofollow"One Way Passage/a/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/barbie/" rel="nofollow"Barbie/a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p