Study Of New Noir In America

Film Noir played a key role in American film history. Neo Noir, emerged in1970s, not only inherited the essence of the Film Noir, but initiated its own style. It showed us the dark side of society and human nature and let viewers know the weakness of humanity itself, In conclusion, Neo Noir focused on the dilemma of the human spirit.The rise of film noir is closely connected to contemporary American political, economic and cultural development. Neo Noir developed in the complicated political, economic and cultural environment. At the same time, the reform within the film industry, the rapid development of the science and technology and industry filmmakers laid the foundation for its emergence.Male hero in Neo Noir is always anti-hero. He is alone in the city and he can save neither himself nor others. Sometimes they will unfortunately become a victim of the dark world; sometimes they have the characteristics of both justice and evil. While female characters seem insignificant. Few movies showed the image of femme fatales. On the contrary, female characters are usually normal people in the most movies.The visual style and narrative style of Neo Noir is also distinctive. They often used the skill of low-key photography and multicolor in expression. The narrations of them are non-linear narrative and subjective narrative.Existentialism in Neo Noir brings in the philosophical foundation. Some of them explores the relation between existence and the nature, Only by selecting freely and taking responsibility, can we own the nature of human. Neo Noir also showed us the state of loneliness, absurdity, alienation.