TWO EXAMPLES OF NEO NOIR

My first example of a Neo Noir is ‘Blade Runner’ from 1982, directed by Ridley Scott. This is a great example for a Neo noir because it uses sinister music in the opening titles which immediately gives the film a dark feeling and makes you feel uncomfortable. This is followed by a wide shot of Los Angeles in 2019, showing it in a dark and gloomy way, with high contrasts between light and dark, like in Noir films, although it has been shot in colour. The film is about four biologically engineered humanoids who use to be soldiers and slaves escape and come to earth illegally. The mission is to find them and stop them, although many problems arise.

My other example of a Neo Noir is ‘Memento’ from 2000, directed by Christopher Nolan. This is great example of a Neo Noir because of the camera shots used, for example the first thing you see in the trailer is an extreme close-up. Also it uses flashbacks and at the beginning of the film you see what happens in the end, Leonard kills Teddy. In the trailer the main character is doing a voice over in first person, often asking himself “what have I done”, he does this because he has amnesia, which you find out at the beginning of the film. He talks in a distressed way, often breathing heavily and getting angry, this transmits the his feeling of distress to the audience.