Obviously some of us students didn’t know what the words Neo or Noir meant when we entered our English 101 class. We as students at the beginning had to research about both Neo Noir and Film Noir. Overall have you ever noticed that there hasn’t been much of a difference between them two? I have. With both of them they’ve stretched their movies through the early 1940s and through the late 1950s. Ever have thought about how the word Neo-Noir connect but not quite make sense to one other, in other words how they connect? Well if you really think about it or translate Neo Noir in English it doesn’t make sense. It actually says in English new black which of course doesn’t make any sense at all. So why did people come up with this name? The better question is who came up with this name? The answer to this would be the French people. Now with Film Noir when it came to making the movies they had stylish Hollywood crime dramas that make cynical attitudes and sexual motivation which make the films look Noir than what they already are. Many of their styles have roots from German Expressionist Cinematography. I believe that what this means was that the films came from Germany and starte4d extending out all over the countries. Most of the great Film Noirs were filmed during the Great Depression.
I like that you did some research in the definitions of film noir and neo-noir. I actually had not looked into neo-noir very much as the professor was taking us step by step and I figured he would get around to it. After reading the article. It did help me see that film noir and neo-noir had a lot of the same charateristics, but yet there is some difference. As you stated that film noir was done during the depression, well neo-noir is more postmodern and deals with our time, the 90's and above. Also the roles of the characters are or can be reversed, gender changes the way they behave. I got a pretty good understanding from the article and I am sure we will get the knowledge that we need on neo-noir very soon from the professor. Keep writing.
ReplyDeleteGood work on translating the two words and explaining the difference between them. You gave some hitory on the two. I understood by when you wrote Hollywood. Hollywood has changed over the years, and in the makings of noir into postmodern neo-noir(new).Good job.
ReplyDeleteI like how you start, with how some of us did not know what neo or noir meant when we entered English 101. I want to tell you that I agree with you, I had no clue myself on what they meant. When I read your blog, your explanation on the difference between film noir and neo noir was so clear and understanding. Nice job!
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