Film noir is, by its definition (“black film” in French), a very dark genre in which very bad things tend to happen to protagonists. However, few things look as dark and depressing as the main premise of *D.O.A.*, a 1949 film directed by Rudolph Maté, which is now considered one of the most famous film noirs and one of the most influential thrillers in the history of Hollywood. *D.O.A.* begins with what was arguably…More