Sin City
We were asked to watch a contemporary Noir film, I chose to watch Sin city. I chose this film not only because it is an excellent example of contemporary noir but also because it is a very popular film.
The most striking example of noir characteristics in sin city is the lack of colour in the film, there are only two actual colours in the film; red and yellow, the rest of the film is in black and white. This is done so the examples of colour are striking and stand out, for example blood.
The characters are also typical of a film noir; Marv played by Mickey Rourke is a tough guy that’s been set up to Jackie, a crooked cop that beats his girlfriend. Due to the fact that the characters are so typically Noir the storylines that they bring with them are also typical of the genre.
The movie is split up into three separate storylines Hartigan; a detective on his last day. Marv; a man on a revenge mission for a girl killed right next to him and Dwight; a man that accidently kills a police officer. These storylines are about murder, set ups and revenge making them extremely Noir. Also it isn’t made obvious about time and date so even though Hartigans story is shown first it could be the very last thing that happened chronologically, this helps to add to the confusion of the film and the twists and turns typical of the genre.
We were asked to watch a contemporary Noir film, I chose to watch Sin city. I chose this film not only because it is an excellent example of contemporary noir but also because it is a very popular film.
The most striking example of noir characteristics in sin city is the lack of colour in the film, there are only two actual colours in the film; red and yellow, the rest of the film is in black and white. This is done so the examples of colour are striking and stand out, for example blood.
The characters are also typical of a film noir; Marv played by Mickey Rourke is a tough guy that’s been set up to Jackie, a crooked cop that beats his girlfriend. Due to the fact that the characters are so typically Noir the storylines that they bring with them are also typical of the genre.
The movie is split up into three separate storylines Hartigan; a detective on his last day. Marv; a man on a revenge mission for a girl killed right next to him and Dwight; a man that accidently kills a police officer. These storylines are about murder, set ups and revenge making them extremely Noir. Also it isn’t made obvious about time and date so even though Hartigans story is shown first it could be the very last thing that happened chronologically, this helps to add to the confusion of the film and the twists and turns typical of the genre.
The films sound track is mostly made up off jazz music, which has been given a modern twist to bring it up to date; there are also monologues involving key characters, so that you get a bit of background story between the action. These examples of sound are defiantly noir.
The camera and editing in Sin city also add to the extremely noir feel to the film, using a spiralling effect when a character gets knocked out and shadows being used throughout.
The camera and editing in Sin city also add to the extremely noir feel to the film, using a spiralling effect when a character gets knocked out and shadows being used throughout.
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