According to Jerold J. Abra the author of
the article Space, Time, and
Subjectivity in Neo-Noir Cinema the
role of the protagonist in
the Neo-Noir is no longer
the figure that tries
to find and
fight crime but
rather the opposite Now
he is on the quest
to find himself
he is in the line between existing and no longer doing it so
in order to continue his path
he must find himself first before
there is any fatal consequences, The protagonist is
also now a fusion of the
hero and the villain
therefore there is the need to coexist with
himself.
In the Noir genre there is 3 basic subgenres past neo-noir,
future neo-noir, and present neo-noir.
Past Neo-Noir has
its very
own characteristics that
differentiate it them
from the rest of
the subgenres in
the story line seems
to be v very low
tech and involves theological aspects for
what I understood it focusses on
the darkness and the light
there is that
fight between
God and the Devil but
they always have
their soldier if
you could call them that,
the authors gives us
the example of the
movie Angel Heart (Alan Parker, 1987) in
which Lucifer sends
a certain individual
to recover the
soul that already belongs to
him, but that individual does not
know that the person that he is looking for its himself
so you see
again the characteristic of trying to
find himself the
protagonist does not know
necessarily that he is looking
for himself he finds out
as he advances,
the protagonist still keeps
certain detective features
like the normal intuitive
and interrogative personality.
Future Neo-Noir
leaves the theological
aspect being not
completely but almost the
theological aspect is
replaced by the
sci-fi aspect it’s no longer a
fight between angels
and demons but between
man-kind and robots
or aliens in
this kind of Noir
the protagonist seems to be
in a battle for the
sake of earth he has
to fight for human kind against
strangers of the earth
technology is used
basically in almost
every detail of the creation of this
film but not to
the point where
it seems overcrowded with
special effects.
The author’s states that Present Neo-Noir on the other hand is it
staged neither in the distant
past noir in the distant future. But it is hard to
tell where it is
staged but the struggle
of
the protagonist is it the same
he still tries
to find himself.
Even then when Neo- Noir has different characteristics some of the elements of noir still stay and are part of the genre, such as the femme fatale and the detective figure and the maze perception of things there still that feeling of entrapment and darkness surrounding the protagonist the use of shadows it is still used, basic little details are kept but most likely the protagonist is the one that changes the most as I have already stated he no longer searches for crime he is now on the path to find himself sometimes this ending in a very fatal way.
Even then when Neo- Noir has different characteristics some of the elements of noir still stay and are part of the genre, such as the femme fatale and the detective figure and the maze perception of things there still that feeling of entrapment and darkness surrounding the protagonist the use of shadows it is still used, basic little details are kept but most likely the protagonist is the one that changes the most as I have already stated he no longer searches for crime he is now on the path to find himself sometimes this ending in a very fatal way.
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