What designates Glengarry Glen Ross as an atypical Noir is it's commitment to defining characteristics of Noir as opposed to the tropes we've come to moreso associate it with. The film is pervasive in Noir aesthestics, from the biblical rain and neon lights that decorate the first half to the nihilistic characters and desolate stakes that catapult everything towards a fatalistic conclusion. These facets alone can already be considered derivative of Film Noir, but it goes even further to solidify it's basis in the conventions of the style. The magic of Film Noir comes from the struggle of telling brutal mystery stories through the limitations of the Hollywood Hays Code, which prevented of the violence and sex that was the entire selling point to begin with. Thus, Film Noir relied on a lot of implication and double entendre to slip past the censors, propagating the mystery element further and increasing the allure to a magnetic level.
David A. Punch
Twin Geeks.com
2019
https://thetwingeeks.com/2019/05/27/glengarry-glen-ross-an-unconventional-office-noir
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