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[60] Eyes of Laura Mars: Irvin Kershner: 1978 United States [60] Farewell, My Lovely: Dick Richards: 1975 United States [8] Fat City: John Huston: 1972 United States [60] Fingers: James Toback: 1978 United States [60] The First Great Train Robbery: Michael Crichton: 1978 United Kingdom [8] F.I.S.T: Norman Jewison 1978 United States [8] Foxy ...
American neo-noir films. Neo-noir film directors refer to 'classic noir' in the use of tilted camera angles, interplay of light and shadows, unbalanced framing; blurring of the lines between good and bad and right and wrong, and thematic motifs including revenge, paranoia, and alienation
Neo-noir is a film genre that adapts the visual style and themes of 1940s and 1950s American film noir for contemporary audiences, often with more graphic depictions of violence and sexuality. [1] During the late 1970s and the early 1980s, the term "neo-noir" surged in popularity, fueled by movies such as Sydney Pollack 's Absence of Malice ...
Lady in the Lake, a seven-part miniseries premiering on July 19, takes the shape of a neo-noir whodunit. But hidden within that shadowy aesthetic is, among other compelling themes, an ambitious ...
The neo-noir subgenre refers to crime dramas and mysteries produced from the mid-1960s to the present that, while they are generally shot in color and do not always emulate the visual style of classic film noir, often borrow the themes, archetypes, and plots made famous by the film noir genre.
Dirty Harry (1971) – neo-noir action thriller film based on the real-life case of the Zodiac Killer [46] Doc (1971) – Western drama film which tells the story of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and of one of its protagonists, Doc Holliday [47] Elizabeth R (1971) – biographical drama miniseries about the life and reign of Elizabeth I [48]
Black Gunn is a 1972 American neo-noir crime thriller film, directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and starring Jim Brown, Martin Landau, Brenda Sykes, Herbert Jefferson Jr. and Luciana Paluzzi. Baseball pitcher Vida Blue appears in a supporting role, as does former football player-turned-actor Bernie Casey .
Cotton Comes to Harlem is a 1970 American neo-noir [2] action comedy film [3] co-written and directed by Ossie Davis and starring Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, and Redd Foxx. [4] The film, later cited as an early example of the blaxploitation genre, is based on Chester Himes' novel of the same name. [5]