History of Mystery Drama films
Popular genre of fiction today us mystery, traced back to Ancient Greece, Mystery and Crime first came around in playwrightsn such as Sophocles and Euripides which plays combinded both mystery and drama.
ystery and crime stories are among the most popular forms of fiction today, and the popularity of the genre is no mystery to millions of readers worldwide.
There are many sub genres within this one genre, including Crime Fiction which deals with crime based storylines. Crime fiction was extreamly popular in the 1900, and was seen as the only serious genre around. Crime fiction novels and Motion Picture complemented each other well, catering the need of the average audience need for escapism into an idealist world, in which the "good guys" recieve rewards and are superior to the "baddies" who result in punnishment. Adaptations of crime fiction novels over the years into movies have been hugely successful.
With general cateogry Crime Film, Mystery Film comes under it as a sub-genre. Focusing on the detective and investigating side, Mystery Film presents plots around a crime scene and exploring the outcome.
The classic period of 1930's saw silent Charlie Chan films, acting as a detectiveb solving crimes. The popular genre continues today, with classic films produced such as The usual Suspects (1995), Se7en (1995), The Generals Daughter (1999), and many more.
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