Neo-noir

Neo-noir
ISBN-10
1842433113
ISBN-13
9781842433119
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
220
Language
English
Published
2010
Publisher
Old Castle
Author
Douglas Keesey

Description

A world-weary detective, a seductive femme fatale, a mysterious murder - these elements of classic film noir live again in more recent hardboiled detective films from Chinatown to Sin City. But the themes of noir have also spilled over into gangster movies, as well as creating new genres including psycho-noir (Memento), techno-noir (The Matrix) and superhero-noir (The Dark Knight). Neo-Noir shows how new noir films have drawn upon contemporary social and historical events as well as the latest technological advances in filmmaking to put a new spin on a classic genre.

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