For critics like Paul Schrader, film noir is an aesthetic movement, consisting of a finite group of motion pictures made during a specific historical period, which share certain aesthetic traits and thematic concerns. According to this perspective, Film Noir belongs to a specific historical era, lasting roughly from .

That alligator hungry. vittles very scarce that time a season. his belly be pinchin him hard, now. but bruh deer is fat, and so he is in heavy trouble. the alligator there in front of him. the beagles there behind him. what bruh deer gone do? he sees the alligator and he hears the beagles. how does the author readers understand what the word pinchin means?