Monday, March 14, 2011
Contrast Between Film Noir & Neo-Noir...
From what I gathered from the reading of the article that Mr. Toth provided, for me it was saying that neo-noir imitates classic noir at times. It expresses anxieties, but to a modern condition. It exists in a postmodern frame of mind. I liked the following quote from the article, "The world is too warped and incomprehensible, and our access to it is so flawed, that we cannot make sense of it." This quote reminds me a lot of how the story line goes in film noir. The article goes on in mentioning that neo-noir finds "absolute truth, as meaningless." And then, it describes this statement by suggesting that "Obsessions with labels and brand names are as important than the products themselves; image is all-important in the postmodernist era." This quote I think would be a good comparison to the movie Fight Club. Lastly, I would like to mention that I found it interesting to know that neo-noir tends to demonstrate drastic changes in employment patterns for men and women, increasing gender role reversals, in having stay-at-home dads, and having mom's work outside the home.
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Very good blog. It was very informative and I enjoyed that you used plenty of clear and descriptive quotes. Your introduction and closing to the quotes you use are very precise as to the proper way to use them. If the person reading your blog hasn't read the article about gender roles we just read, they would definitely want to do so. Great job and again, I love the way you incorporate the quotes into your writing.
ReplyDeleteyeah i liked what you had to say about the quote that you mentioned but also. The part where role reversals especially in the Last Seduction where the women Bridgette plays the main leader in the film with the narrative and tells her side of the story. And takes the readers to a whole new place and outlook on men from a womens side to where as we can drink smoke do drugs and bad things but men would never want to be with a women that does the same and thats wrong.
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