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Neo Noir. Context. Early Neo Noir. Neo Noir is a genre which uses elements from the genre Film Noir. Neo Noir is often used to describe films but critics are often very strict about what they call a “Neo Noir”. Neo Noir can be dated back to as soon as the Film Noir era finished.
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Neo Noir • Context
Early Neo Noir • Neo Noir is a genre which uses elements from the genre Film Noir. • Neo Noir is often used to describe films but critics are often very strict about what they call a “Neo Noir”. • Neo Noir can be dated back to as soon as the Film Noir era finished.
Blade Runner (1982, Ridley Scott) • Blade Runner is a Science Fiction film set in Los Angeles in 2019. An ex cop must stop a group of tyrant Replicants (robots), who seek to extend their four year life span. • The film uses elements taken from Film Noir’s repertoire of elements. There is the idea of the depressed, trench coat wearing smoking cop. • In addition the woman is a Femme Fetale, who decepets Deckard in hunt of more life. In addition she smokes like the classic Femme Fetale.
Brick (2005, Johnson) • Brick is a film which is undoubtedly a Neo Noir genre film. It stars Joseph Gordon Levitt and follows the story of Brandon who looks for his girlfriend who has fallen in the drug world. • Through deception and violence Brandon infiltrates the gang world being manipulated unknowingly by a femme fetale character. The story is a epitome of Neo Noir.