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Posted by: the saw is family at March 26, 2008, 12:19 pm

Topic: Defining Film Noir . . . Forum: JoBlo

i don't feel noir is exclusively american. i think it was originally american. i think godard's breathless (while not strictly a noir, it's really about noirs more than anything, it contains many of the classic noir elements). i consider melville's bob le flambeur to be a noir, there are also many other non-american noirs. as for the neo-noir genre, i think they may be a little too self aware, but there are films that fit into the category. brick is a good example of a neo-noir, that while being 100% self aware of what it was doing it still fits into the noir genre.i also think the original noirs were a product of their times and it would be nearly impossible to create a noir film know without some semblance of self awareness.

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