Neo Noir

Neo - NEW in Greek

Noir - BLACK in French

Neo Noir "is a style often seen in mordern motion pictures and other forms that prominently use elements of film noir. but with updated themes, content, style, visual elements or media that were absent in filmnoir of the 1940s and 1950s"

It wasn't until the 1970s where neo noir began to exist as it's very own genre. Some neo noir films are "The Black Dahlia", "Bonnie and Clyde", "The Bourne Identity" and "Miami Vice". A man by the name of Robert Arnett claims that because "Neo-noir has become so amorphous as a genre/movement, any film feautring a detective or crime qualifies". Neo Noirs are a much more modern take on the classic 1940s - 1950s film noir. They contain modern conventions and stories. They're new and unique. Brick for example is a neo noir that I recently watched and studied. It was very unique, all very new. The overall theme of Brick was highschoolers involved in murders and drugs. A very interesting take on the film noir/neo noir genres. Neo Noir films are unique and interesting a very new take on the film noir genre. Perhaps more relevant to our modern day lives.