Brick

I have watched some more noir films, this time I have focused on some neo noir films. The first one I have watched is Brick (2005). I found the film very interesting and enjoyable, it is clear that it takes much of its influence from more traditional noir such as the use of a detective type character, a femme fatal and a murder. The film focuses around a school and the majority of the characters are pupils which is very different and makes it stand out among other noir films.

The film is in colour which is not uncommon with neo noir, the film is also set in daytime a lot which makes sense as the film is set in a school but this does go against the noir trait of the films being very dark as the word noir does mean black. The films use of known noir characters but shown in new and interesting ways was very clever. The film does have some very good use of lighting and shadows throughout it which are very powerful even if they are not too common..

Overall I very much enjoyed this film, it managed to keep me on the edge of my seat for throughout and I feel that the mystery had a very interesting and clever ending to it which was not too obvious. I enjoyed this film slightly more than The Third Man which is just a personal preference although I think ascetically The Third Man and more interesting camera shots and use of lighting. Although we are thinking of doing a Traditional noir film we will still take inspiration from some neo noir films.