Comparative study (Inquiry)

Focus: (ideas)

Femme fatale – feminist theory?

Film noir theory?

Post modernism in film – manipulation of narrative/genre?

Marxism theory in film?

Editing theory – experimental film?

Film movement: (ideas)

South korean new wave?

Soviet constructivism?

No wave cinema?

Classic Hollywood/New Hollywood?

Soviet constructivism?

Films

  • Classic Hollywood/film noir : “Touch of Evil – 1958”
  • Classic Hollywood/film noir: “The Asphalt jungle – 1950”
  • Contemporary film noir: “Nightcrawler – 2014”
  • Contemporary film noir: “Sin city – 2005”
  • Femme fatale: “The Lady from Shanghai – 1947”
  • Femme fatale: “The Woman in the Window – 1944”
  • Contemporary Femme fatale: “The Batman – 2022”
  • Contemportary Femme fatale: “Gone girl – 2014” / “Atomic Blonde”
  • Experimental film: “Stan Brakage – Dog star man, 1964”
  • Experimental film: “Maya Derren – Meshes of the Afternoon, 1943”
  • Contemporary experimental film: “No data plan – 2019”
  • Contemporary experimental film: “Let Each One Go Where He May – 2009”

Questions (“Touch of Evil” & “Sin City” – Film Noir)

  • How classic film Noir was modernised?
  • Differences in classic and contemporary film noir?
  • How classic film noir has been adapted for a modern audience?

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