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A sub-genre of noir fiction has been named "rural noir" in the US; [168] [169] and sometimes "outback noir" in Australia. [ 170 ] [ 171 ] Many rural noir novels have been adapted for film and TV series in both countries, such as Ozark , No Country for Old Men , [ 168 ] and Big Sky in the US, [ 172 ] and Troppo , The Dry (and its sequel Force of ...
The word "noir" was used by the Paris-based publisher Gallimard in 1945 as the title for its Série Noire crime fiction imprint. In the English-speaking world, the term originated as a cinematic one—film noir. [2] This term again first appeared in France, in 1946, [3] though it did not enjoy wide use until the 1970s. [10]
Noire, a character in the video game Hyperdimension Neptunia; Cat Noir, the superhero identity of Adrien Agreste in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir; Guy Noir, a fictional private detective in A Prairie Home Companion radio show; Jack Noir, a character in the webcomic Homestuck; Madame Noir, a character in the Ressha Sentai ToQger
The Code noir (French pronunciation: [kɔd nwaʁ], Black code) was a decree passed by King Louis XIV of France in 1685 defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire and served as the code for slavery conduct in the French colonies up until 1789 the year marking the beginning of the French Revolution.
Horror noir (sometimes referred to as noir horror or hyphenated as horror-noir; lit. ' black horror ' ) is a film subgenre that blends elements of both horror and noir . It combines the dark, atmospheric qualities of noir with the suspense and fear typical of horror, creating a hybrid genre that integrates aspects of both.
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 ...
The term black humor (from the French humour noir) was coined by the Surrealist theorist André Breton in 1935 while interpreting the writings of Jonathan Swift. [8] [9] Breton's preference was to identify some of Swift's writings as a subgenre of comedy and satire [10] [11] in which laughter arises from cynicism and skepticism, [8] [12] often relying on topics such as death.
TechNoir, the nightclub in The Terminator, invokes associations with both film noir and sci-fi.. Tech noir (also known as cyber noir, future noir and science fiction noir) is a hybrid genre of fiction, particularly film, combining film noir and science fiction, epitomized by Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982) [1] and James Cameron's The Terminator (1984). [2]