neo-noir
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3ADJ.
other, typical, whole
NEO-NOIR + NOUN
chinatown, palette
ADV.
heavily, only
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noun
A genre of film that combines elements of traditional film noir with modern themes and visuals.
By the time Martin Scorsese filmed "Taxi Driver," in the mid-70's, the neo-noir palette relied heavily on trash, crumbling streets, burned-out buildings, and many-splendored scuzz. The fedoras disappeared, too.
In only one other neo-noir film, Chinatown, a big-studio, big-stars production, has the screenwriter actually won the Academy Award.
An individual film of this kind.
Typical of neo-noir as a whole, British neo-noirs are highly intertextual and allusive […]
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3By the time Martin Scorsese filmed "Taxi Driver," in the mid-70's, the neo-noir palette relied heavily on trash, crumbling streets, burned-out buildings, and many-splendored scuzz. The fedoras disappe
WiktionaryIn only one other neo-noir film, Chinatown, a big-studio, big-stars production, has the screenwriter actually won the Academy Award.
WiktionaryTypical of neo-noir as a whole, British neo-noirs are highly intertextual and allusive […]
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