Blog #11: Brick Film

    Throughout the days that I have been learning about Neo-Noir I have learned a lot of facts about it. I have learned that overall Neo-Noir is based on Black and White films from a certain times of years. Neo-Noir is also based on many element such as having a Femme Fatale, Flashbacks, and Ambiguous Protagonist, and even deals with crime.

As for blog number 11 my assignment was to choose a film that was a good example of Neo-Noir. The film that I decided to watch and blog about is the film called Brick. When I first started to watch the film Brick I thought to myself how is the film a Neo-Noir if it’s not black and white, then I realized that not all Neo-Noir has to be in black and white. As I started to continue to watch the film I noticed that it fit in all the categories that lead up to Neo-Noir. In the movie Brick it had a Femme Fatale, different roles that characters play, it had an ambiguous protagonist, and lastly it has crime. When it came to the Femme Fatale I had first thought of Laura playing that role. I was paying more and more attention to the movie and realized that the Femme Fatale of the film Brick ended up being Brendan. Brendan in the film played the good and bad guy. I also noticed that he and “The Brain” were also playing a role in being detectives. As for flashbacks there was a time where Brendan had a flashback back when Emily was present standing in front of a big dark tunnel. For the ambiguous protagonist I think that for that role it was well played by a character that goes by the name of Laura because she played the good and bad girl. Overall the movie deals with crime. Why you may be asking, well because in the film Brick it doesn’t involve just one crime it involves multiple which I find really sad to have seen in the film. Overall I found this film a really good, educational, and interesting film to watch because of all the elements that it had in it and how it was based on teenagers and not mostly adults like most films have in them. I believe this film is very good and educational.

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