Neo noir is believed to be a follow on from film noir incorporating aspects from the original noir’s such as the pessimistic attitudes and the devious femme fatales which can be seen with Sharon stone playing Catherine Trammel in Basic Instinct. I believe that film noir reflected largely what many were believing back in the 1930’s which was paranoia during ww2 as well as worry during the depression and Neo Noir may have followed suit in tapping into the tensions and insecurities during the 1960-70’s onwards which saw the ever increasing world of media and technology, also, America bore witness to the assassination’s of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King and the violence of Vietnam and Britain (though not as hard hitting as America) was also having troubles of their own with the economy and conflicts with the IRA. These countries were experiencing what the moods of noir withheld.
3 examples of contemporary noir films.
Raging Bull is a true story and was made in 1980. It was directed by Martin Scorsese and stared Robert De-Niro as Jake Lamotta. An animalistic fighter who enjoyed inflicting and with taking pain. This was the cause of his demise within the boxing world and also ruined his relationship with his family and children. The story was based around the 1930-40’s vision of journalist P
eter Hamill. Though unimpressed by the original biography De-Niro took a fancy to the character took his thoughts of a project to Scorsese. De-Niro also disliked the screens which lead to bringing in the screen writers of TAXI to help re-write the script. The style of camera work during the boxing scenes was what made it different to many other traditional fight scenes. Instead of having the camera ringside. The viewer was brought into the ring by placing the camera man as the opponent to really capture the emotions and aggressions of the fighters.
eter Hamill. Though unimpressed by the original biography De-Niro took a fancy to the character took his thoughts of a project to Scorsese. De-Niro also disliked the screens which lead to bringing in the screen writers of TAXI to help re-write the script. The style of camera work during the boxing scenes was what made it different to many other traditional fight scenes. Instead of having the camera ringside. The viewer was brought into the ring by placing the camera man as the opponent to really capture the emotions and aggressions of the fighters.La Confidential was made in 1997 and based upon a James Elroy crime novel published in 1990. It was produced and directed by Curtis Hanson. It starred Russell Crowe, G
uy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, Kim Bassinger, Danny Devito, to name a few. It was set within the glamour mixed with the ‘seedy’ side of Los Angeles. It was made during the time of L.A with its golden dreams in destruction. The film encompasses political corruption, racism, sex and lies with dirty cops within the L.A.P.D. Its main story includes three officers each pursuing a murderous crime. Gradually all three are lead into a one way trip into the sleaziness of l.a crime. The film screams ‘noir’ with its femme fatales, dirty cops, corruption within higher organisations as well as that of the LAPD department.
uy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, Kim Bassinger, Danny Devito, to name a few. It was set within the glamour mixed with the ‘seedy’ side of Los Angeles. It was made during the time of L.A with its golden dreams in destruction. The film encompasses political corruption, racism, sex and lies with dirty cops within the L.A.P.D. Its main story includes three officers each pursuing a murderous crime. Gradually all three are lead into a one way trip into the sleaziness of l.a crime. The film screams ‘noir’ with its femme fatales, dirty cops, corruption within higher organisations as well as that of the LAPD department.Body Heat was made in 1981 and was written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. It starred William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston and Mickey Rourke. Its story is based around two characters. Ned Racine, a sleazy lawyer who has a lust for a devious femme fatale, Matty Walker. It has slight comparisons with a previous film noir. Double indemn
ity as matty seduces Ned and influences him to help her murder her husband which will then leave her to collect his entire estate.
ity as matty seduces Ned and influences him to help her murder her husband which will then leave her to collect his entire estate.
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