Wednesday 6 March 2013

RESEARCH: FILM POSTERS: GENRE: NEO-NOIR

Neo-Noir is a bit of a sub genre and some of the choices here are probably a bit debatable. unlike film noir, neo noirs themes focus mainly on the memory, technology and the main character is usually somewhat of a anti hero. The Coen Brothers stand out for me as the most consistently Neo-Noir directors with more than a couple of their film in this list. You can see a general underling 'crime' theme in many of these posters, in keeping with one of the main themes of noir cinema.






Personal ~Favourites in this list include 'The Big Lebowski', Brick, Se7en, and 'Chinatown'.



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A black poster. Above reads the lines: "Rufus Sewell", "Kiefer Sutherland", "Jennifer Connelly", "and William Hurt". In the center, against a black background, a man wearing a blue jacket is rested against an upright clock with roman numerals as big as him; the setup cast in a blue tint. His arms are outspread, and his head is tilted back with his mouth agape. Behind the man and the clock is a dark city skyline. Below them is the tagline, "They built the city to see what makes us tick. Last night one of us went off." Below the tagline is the film title, "Dark City".







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