Comparing Pulp Fiction And Naremore's More Than Night
Question 1
During 1946, after the French critics had missed seeing the American films for a while, they recognized the new mood of darkness, pessimism and cynicism that was dominant in the newly produced films. The darkening was quite prominent in the crime thrillers and some melodramas. Within a couple of years, the characters turned out to be more corrupt, the lighting in the films became more darker, the tones became more hopeless and the themes turned out to be more fatalistic. Film Noir in Hollywood has lately become the major reason why film goers attend the theatres. Paul Schrader argues that the American films are once more considering the foundation of the American character (Schrader 9). However, when compared to the inexorably cynical film noir such as …show more content…
It discusses the themes in Pulp fiction that makes the film lack the seriousness and originality of the best of the historical film noirs (Naremore 34). Additionally he argues that Pulp fiction repeats history as bloody, inconsequential farce rather than as tragedy or cutting edge satire. I do agree with Naremore’s arguments regarding Pulp Fiction. In the film, noir seems to have several meanings and every new piece of analysis and data that is added to the work seems to cast shadow and light into its form. While the storyline is very dark and cynical and makes it qualify to be called a film noir, the redemption and corruption in the storyline does not make it portray the originality of the historical noir. The original meaning of the French word noir simply means black. The films were shot in dark scenes, but not necessarily of violence and corruption. Pulp fiction introduced a new fusion to the meaning of the word noir. Perhaps the best definition of Pulp fiction would be a neo-noir rather than the original French noir. The film further distorts history by making it very bloody and
During 1946, after the French critics had missed seeing the American films for a while, they recognized the new mood of darkness, pessimism and cynicism that was dominant in the newly produced films. The darkening was quite prominent in the crime thrillers and some melodramas. Within a couple of years, the characters turned out to be more corrupt, the lighting in the films became more darker, the tones became more hopeless and the themes turned out to be more fatalistic. Film Noir in Hollywood has lately become the major reason why film goers attend the theatres. Paul Schrader argues that the American films are once more considering the foundation of the American character (Schrader 9). However, when compared to the inexorably cynical film noir such as …show more content…
It discusses the themes in Pulp fiction that makes the film lack the seriousness and originality of the best of the historical film noirs (Naremore 34). Additionally he argues that Pulp fiction repeats history as bloody, inconsequential farce rather than as tragedy or cutting edge satire. I do agree with Naremore’s arguments regarding Pulp Fiction. In the film, noir seems to have several meanings and every new piece of analysis and data that is added to the work seems to cast shadow and light into its form. While the storyline is very dark and cynical and makes it qualify to be called a film noir, the redemption and corruption in the storyline does not make it portray the originality of the historical noir. The original meaning of the French word noir simply means black. The films were shot in dark scenes, but not necessarily of violence and corruption. Pulp fiction introduced a new fusion to the meaning of the word noir. Perhaps the best definition of Pulp fiction would be a neo-noir rather than the original French noir. The film further distorts history by making it very bloody and