Definition of Neo-Noir

Film-Noir critics argue that the term “Noir” Could only be applied to Post WW2 movies, one of the last Film Noir was “Touch of Evil” by Orson Welles 1958. This marked the end of people’s bloodstained mentalities, as they became for optimistic so did the movies they choose to watch.

However the term became more flexible as in the1970s more Noir movies developed, this was called “Neo-noir” Neo is a Greek word meaning new. The film genre came back, this time in colour. This is as the classic Film Noir was in the 1930's 1940's era.

Neo Noir or Contemporary Noir are modern Noirs films that have the same characteristics of classic Film Noir, these are things such as the the typical plots, these are elements that made Film Noir what it was in it's time.

Some examples of Neo-Noirs are Sin City and Brick