Film noir is a genre based on moods of fate‚ evil‚ and undesirable outcomes. In the film The Big Sleep exemplifies film noir from the visual using the black and dark atmosphere. The genre film noir has a dark downbeat sort of feel to the theme. Film noir is very dramatic and in the movie when a character dies the movie has the orchestra play a dark‚ gloomy‚ grim type of music. The lighting in film noir is also used in the movie. During the car rides the lightening is clear showing what audience should
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With Ella Macbeth‚ there is a change made to her character to enhance the original traits of Lady Macbeth. Ella is made into the ideal femme fatale of the film. Lady Macbeth is best known for her manipulation and persuasion. Within this adaptation‚ although she still uses her dialogue as a tool she also uses her sexuality and power as a woman to influence Joe. Her seduction begins after hearing of his fortune; in a scene‚ the two characters sleep together and as they do she whispers her modern
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behaviour and lifestyle" (Neroni 25). Society dictates that females should embody a role of devoted mother and loving wife to a husband‚ but the femme fatale rejects these norms. This transgression of societal; rules means that she is punished‚ and "her fate usually involves violence" (Neroni 23). Therefore it would appear that the portrayal of the femme fatale is supporting of the existing patriarchal order and gender roles‚ because the woman is punished in the end for stepping out of the confines put
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witch who tricked Odysseus’ men into drinking her potion and turning into swine‚ and Penelope‚ the extremely clever‚ yet loyal wife of Odysseus who outsmarted the suitors for 20 years. Most of these female characters fall under the category of “femme Fatale”‚ Latin for fatal-woman‚ which perfectly portrays their powerfulness and how lethal they are. The most important immortal character in the Odyssey would undoubtedly be Athena‚ who is the daughter of Zeus‚ and the goddess of wisdom‚ battle‚ and
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include terror (both psychological and physical)‚ mystery‚ the supernatural‚ ghosts‚ haunted houses and Gothic architecture‚ castles‚ darkness‚ death‚ decay‚ doubles‚ madness‚ secrets‚ and hereditary curses. The stock characters of Gothic fiction include tyrants‚ villains‚ bandits‚ maniacs‚ Byronic heroes‚ persecuted maidens‚ femmes fatales‚ madwomen‚ magicians‚ vampires‚ werewolves‚ monsters‚ demons‚ angels‚ fallen angels‚ the beauty and the beast‚ revenants‚ ghosts‚ perambulating skeletons‚ and
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the office that we first saw the private eye in. The room is filled with chairs and well-off looking lamps and other knick-knacks. The private eye is standing in the center of the scene‚ holding hands with a woman who you immediately see as the femme fatale of the film. Half of the room‚ the one with the private eye standing in‚ is darker than the half that the woman is standing in‚ distinction made clearer by the fact that the man is wearing black‚ and the woman is dressed in white. The woman is
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a similar backdrop for the film to that of 1940’s film noir‚ a major war affecting the country. The film itself contains many key characteristics that noir will always be known for. Some of the characteristics include the style of the film‚ the femme fatale‚ and the emphasis of fatalism. I believe that even with some of the drastic differences between classic noir films and this one Chinatown is a modern
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specific camera techniques‚ the Femme fatal and the Flawed hero. Although the film was made in 2000 it still has many characteristics that put the film in noir genre. Along with techniques that are used in the films to portray the genre ‘noir’ other aspects are used‚ in this case it is the characters. In noir films there is always a Femme fatale and a flawed hero‚ these to characters are important‚ as they are major contributors to the genre. A femme fatale is a seductive and mysterious woman
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Throughout the history of literature and film‚ women have been portrayed in endless ways. Women have been depicted as being helpless‚ ruthless‚ motherly‚ or weak among many others. The most common portrayal of women‚ in my opinion‚ is that we are either objects of desire or subservient to the more "superior" gender‚ that is‚ men. In Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and Theresa Cha’s Dictee‚ women are‚ indeed‚ portrayed in different ways. I want to compare the representation of women from both works of
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night‚ such as when private investigator Gittes attempts to find out what really is happening with the water supply while he is rudely welcomed with a blade inside his nostril. Another scene that gives the classic noir feel is when Gittes and the femme fatale Evelyn Mulwray meet in a shadow filled car outside of a house that is holding Mulwray’s mistress. The shadows dominate the inside of the car and there is only enough light to show both of their faces and nothing more. The clothing worn by Jack
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