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Neo-noir (from the Greek neo, new; and the French noir, black) is a style often seen in modern motion pictures and other forms that prominently utilizes elements of film noir, but with updated themes, content, style, visual elements or media that were absent in films noir of the 1940s and 1950s.

Contents 1 History 2 Examples 3 See also 4 References

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The term Film Noir (French for "black film") was coined by critic Nino Frank in 1946, but was rarely used by film makers, critics or fans until several decades later. The classic era of film noir is usually dated to a period between the early 1940s and the late 1950s. Typically American crime dramas or psychological thrillers, films noir had a number of common themes and plot devices, and many distinctive visual elements. Characters were often conflicted antiheroes, trapped in a difficult situation and making choices out of desperation or nihilistic moral systems. Visual elements included low-key lighting, striking use of light and shadow, and unusual camera placement.

Although there have been few new major films in the classic film noir genre since the early 1960s, it has nonetheless had significant impact on other genres. These films usually incorporate both thematic and visual elements reminiscent of films noir. As many classic films noir were independent features (given the lack of attention that major Hollywood studios paid to many noir projects) it is fitting that many neo-noir films are also independent.

By the 1970s, newer motion pictures were sometimes earning comparisons to earlier films noir. Unlike classic noirs, neo-noir films are aware of modern circumstances and technology -- details that were typically absent or unimportant to the plot of classic film noir. Modern themes employed in these films include identity crises, memory issues and subjectivity, and technological problems and their social ramifications. Similarly, the term can be applied to other works of fiction that incorporate these elements.

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After Dark, My Sweet Angel Heart B. Monkey Bad Education Basic Instinct The Black Dahlia Black Widow Blade Runner Blink Blood Simple Blue Velvet Body Heat Brick Color of Night The Crush Chinatown Dark City Dead Again Devil in a Blue Dress Dick Tracy Dr. Giggles The Element of Crime Fargo Fear Goodbye Lover Gone Baby Gone The Good German The Grifters Hard Eight Heat A History of Violence Hollywoodland The Hot Spot House of Games Kill Me Later Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

L.A. Confidential The Last Seduction The Long Goodbye The Lookout Lost Highway The Man Who Wasn't There Max Payne Memento Miller's Crossing Mulholland Drive Mulholland Falls No Country for Old Men Noir (anime) One False Move The Postman Always Rings Twice Pulp Fiction Red Rock West Reservoir Dogs Romeo Is Bleeding Ronin The Salton Sea Se7en Shattered Sin City The Shadow The Spirit The Ice Harvest Thief The Usual Suspects U Turn Watchmen (Film) The Way of the Gun Wild Things

Other Fallout 3 Veronica Mars [edit] See also List of film noir [edit] References Conrad, Mark T. The Philosophy of Neo Noir. University Press of Kentucky, 2006. (ISBN 0-81-312422-0)