Twenty-first century noir

• Autores: Nick James
• Localización: Sight & sound, ISSN 0037-4806, Vol. 23, Nº 2, 2013, págs. 56-64
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The term film noir may have come to refer to a body of US films made between 1941 and 1958, but it also conjures up a potent blend of cinematic style and dark material that still inspires directors around the world, among them the most formidable names in Hollywood and in arthouse cinema: Nolan, Lynch, Campion, Mann, Ceylan... The dozen films below represent an attempt to gauge the essence of noir in the new century - a genre that allows filmmakers to push the envelope of narrative construction, while also addressing the themes that haunt us, from memory loss to compulsive violence to transgressive sexuality