Contemporary Noir

To continue my Study of the Noir genre, we started looking at contemporary Noir films; films in the stlye of the Noir genre but made after 1980. To begin with i researched three of the most popular contemporary Noir films.

The Spirit
Murdered policeman Denny Colt comes back from the grave as the spirit, a hero is in a constant battle with the film’s villain the Octopus. The octopus’s mission is to wipe out central city which is stopped by the spirit.

The film features femme fetals, dark locations, double crossing, henchmen and murder; all features of the film noir genre.

Director-Frank Miller
January 2009

Blade runner
Set In the future humankind has created replicants; robots that look like humans. Deckard is a Blade runner, whose job it is to hunt down these replicants. Blade runner is the story of Deckard hunting down 4 replicants that escaped and are trying to hunt down their creator.

Blade runner is a film set in a dystopian future filled with dark rainy locations, mystery and murder.

Director-Ridley Scott9th September (UK)

Reservoir Dogs
Mr. White, a career criminal; Mr. Orange, a young newcomer; Mr. Blonde, a trigger-happy maniac ; Mr. Pink, a paranoid neurotic; Mr. Brown; and Mr. Blue are 7 men hired to pull of a bank robbery. When they fail they realise 1 of them is a police informant. But who?

Reservoir dogs is a story of double crossing murder and money.

Director-Quentin Tarintino
15th January 1993 (UK)