Saturday 24 November 2012

Neo Noir genre the SinCity way

SinCity   (2005) 

This film contains three different stories that all interlink one way or another.
Here's wiki page about the film.

The Hard Goodbye. (Part I)

Marv who looks like a giant ugly monster sleeps with a woman called Goldie who is found dead by Marv soon as he wakes up and he created his own quest to take revenge on who ever murdered Goldie.


The Big Fat Kill. (Part II)

Introduced to Shellie and her abusive ex-boyfriend Jackie and his little gang who forces his way into her flat but meet her new boyfriend who physically convinces him to leave her flat, but his mob are also chased down by her new boyfriend named Dwight and finds himself in a very awkward, violent  and awkward situation.

That Yellow Bastard. (Part III)

Hartigan is an old man who is currently suffering from a heart condition and is also a police officer who intercepts a child killer called Roark who is trying to rape a 11 year old girl called Nancy. Unfortunately John Hartigan gets framed for raping Nancy and is sent to prison but told he would receive a letter from her everyday but once the letters stop Hartigan goes out searching.



Values of Noir it follows.

-Black and white.
    Apart from blood ,some red clothing and a couple of eyes everything seems to be in black and white from start to finish.
-Dark lighting.
   Through out the film it seems to be night time with dark lighting.
-Smoking.
   Cigarettes or cigars seemed to be smoked by nearly every character. I believe a couple of times there are other things creating the smoke but it just adds to the suspense and suspicion of whats on the other side of that mist.
 -Guns.
  Alot of them are shown, from the pistol to the sub-machine guns.
-Based in a city rather then fields.
  It's based in a city called  Sin City.
-AntiHero.
  A hero with a fault be it anything but he's not perfect.
-Femme Fatal.
  A woman who has caught an interest in the antihero and vise versa but she has destruction and problems all around her.
-Girl next door.
  Woman who is innocent and completely opposite to the femme fatal  yet still has caught an interest in the AntiHero.
-Villain.
   Someone with evil intentions.
-Spontaneous love.
  Two characters maybe upset with each other and all of a sudden pull themselves together and start kissing or snogging.



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