Define the Characteristics of Neo-Noir

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For example, "Blade Runner" in general occurs in the future, the police hunts robots and around the flying cars but nevertheless we have a real neo-noir. It seems that the search for identity has become the central theme of neo noirs. The character of "Blade Runner” despite the difference in the time of action and external entourage is concerned with very different problems than the heroes of the classic noir. The obsession with his own identity was laid by “Blade Runner" becoming moreover a reference example of the future neo-noir. Of course, the exclusivity of "Blade Runner" also defined the conceptual design of the film which combined noir look with a futuristic decor. The former artist Ridley Scott, as well as designer Sid Mead and the master of special effects Douglas Tremble created a film in which "design plays the role of a script." However "Blade Runner" never answered the central question: who is the hero of Harrison Ford - a replicant or a person? It all depends on your imagination. I think the dark sides of the human soul are emphasized more strongly. It is very important to understand that neo-noir removes all restrictions from us. Thematically, it can be about anything. And the human fall can reach infinity. Moreover none of the postulates of the classical noir is no longer mandatory - it is possible and even necessary to violate them. Literally play ping-pong with rules.

For these reasons neo-noir of course is much more relevant for a contemporary author than an ordinary noir. The beauty of the genre is that it is expressive enough to be accessible to a wide audience and at the same time it is completely social, so that the writer and / or director can talk about the issues that concern him. So the neo noir is something like a huge cultural memory containing not only the structure of the stories the signs of style and the vision of the classical the broadest context of world cinema and culture - from surrealism to comics and science fiction. It is no coincidence that in our time quirky examples of neo noir are being photographed not only in America, but also in Europe and Asia. If the most interesting thing in art does occur on its borders, then the neo noir, with its internal focus on transgeneration, is a field of wide search.

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