Neo-noir Films and Directors - Weebly



IB Film 1: W32.1Modern Noir FilmsTop 10 Neo-Noir FilmsThis is an excellent list of neo-Noir films that include must-see titles for any cinephile.Watch This: Films and DirectorsA commonly used term for Noir films made after the classic Noir period is neo-Noir, literally, the 'new black'.It is reasonable to use a new term for these movies because, while they often include many Noir elements, they do not come out of the time and circumstances that resulted in true Film Noir.What is important to note is that the Directors?were influenced by Noir and used modern film technologies, as well as a variety of Genres, to put a new spin on this tradition.It is clear that Film Noir has had a significant influence on many Directors and has established a place in film history.Not bad for a bunch of 'B' movies.Fran?ois Truffaut?Truffaut, one of the writers from the?Cahiers du Cinema?in Paris, worked on two films in 1960 that referenced American Film Noir.One is?Shoot the Piano Player?(?Tirez sur le pianiste, UK title -?Shoot the Pianist?)?(1960) which Truffaut directed.The other was?Breathless?(?? bout de souffle?) (1960), directed by Jean-Luc Godard, co-written by Truffaut.In?Shoot the Pianist, Truffaut pays tribute to Film Noir in what he referred to as a "respectful pastiche."He uses flashbacks and a character who is hiding in an urban nightscape.The story is adapted from a novel by David Goodis, a writer whose works had been used as source material for several Hollywood Noir films.In?Breathless, the main character constantly copies Humphrey Bogart, an indirect reference to classic Film Noir.Sub-plot?It was another French critic, Nino Frank, who is credited with first using the term Film Noir?to describe the distinctive group of American made films in the 1940's and 50's.Francis Ford Coppola?Coppola directed?The Conversation?in 1974.The movie stars Gene Hackman in a detective story centered around audio surveillance.Set ( and filmed ) during the time of the Watergate hearings, the film is a Noir response to the paranoia brought on by political upheaval and corrupt government.Ridley Scott?Blade Runner?(1982) is a Cyberpunk, neo-Noir, Science Fiction, Action film based on the novel?Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?by Phillip K. Dick.There are many Film Noir elements used to great effect in this atmospheric film.The conflicted trenchcoat-wearing Detective hero is Deckard, played by Harrison Ford.The Femme Fatale is Rachel, played by Sean Young, and based on Rita Hayworth, circa 1946.The setting is a dark, Metropolis-like city that seems to be in perpetual night and rain.Director Ridley Scott shot many scenes on the same 'New York Street'?back-lot where Film Noir classics?The Big Sleep?(1946)?and?The Maltese Falcon?(1941) were filmed.Quentin TarantinoTarantino is a self-taught student of all kinds of film including Noir.Two of his movies prove this.Reservoir Dogs?(1994) is an ambiguous, non-sequential story of a group of bank robbers ( and an undercover cop ). ?There are several elements taken from Stanley Kubrick's 1956 Noir film?The Killing?including the fragmented narrative and fatalistic world view.Pulp Fiction?(1994) is another fragmented narrative, this time based on the lurid crime stories of the 1930's and 40's, which generated many classic Film Noirs.Despite all this, Tarantino has been quoted as saying "I don't do neo-Noir."Sub-plotTarantino not only references Film Noir in his themes, stories, and filming style, but also in his casting.Tarantino hired Lawrence Tierney to play Joe Cabot in?Reservoir Dogs.Tierney was a legendary tough guy on and off the screen, and was known to have busted up a bar or two in his day.Best known for playing the title role in?Dillinger?(1945) and as Sam Wild in?Born to Kill?(1947). ................
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