Blog #6

What are the contrast of film noir and neo-noir? In other words what are the shared difference between old noir and neo-noir (new)? According to the this article film noir "externalized fears and anxieties of American society of the time, generating a dark feeling or mood to accompany its visual style". We know that the a contrast between the two is the different time line the two share. Film noir around the time of the Great Depression, neo-noir illustrates now; deference ones in black and white the other in visual color. Another in the language that is used. For example, "the 'languege' of noir is used to express anxieties belonging to modern times". Noir had a old accustom in culture to then, that of it's time, where neo-noir is more part of today, new America, and Hollywood. "In neo-noir, crime isn't always punished, and neither is the femme fatale". In neo-noir crime doesn't pay, the femme fatale is not murder like in old noir. And so on. What are the connections between noir and neo-noir? Some of the connections shared between the two are very common if your a fan of the noir genre? We find in noir the basics, femme fatales, detective eye, the ambiguous protagonist and so many other topics to cover. But what they have in common? What do they share? According to this very long article, some common connections share "is to express the anxieties of modern conditions".  We can call this Postmodernism. They depict the dark shadows of the grimmy streets as an example. Postmodernism is "too warped and incomprehensible, and our access to it is so flawed that we cannot make sense of it". Other connections between the two is shared in is the male role. Him being alone and uncertain, but with a 21st century twist to it. It has the same image, just in more style. Both have the same ideology with a different out come or ending. Article "The Dark Past Keeps Returning: Gender theme in Neo-Noir" give a good  example of the to genres, informs us of neo-noir, by using great film discussing masculinity and seduction.