![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the classic films of the "noir" style, a prevalent trope of interest is the femme fatale: To this day the debate goes on as to whether “noir” is a film genre, circumscribed by its content, or a style of storytelling, identified by its visual attributes.(. But the vivid co-mingling of lost innocence, doomed romanticism, hard-edged cynicism, desperate desire, and shadowy sexuality that was unleashed in those immediate post-war years proved hugely influential. It was noted by several Gallic critics who christened this new type of Hollywood product “film noir,” or black film, in literal translation.įew, if any of the artists in Hollywood who made these films called them “noir” at the time. "In 1946 a Paris retrospective of American films embargoed during the war clearly revealed this trend toward visibly darker, more cynical crime melodramas. What is noir? This is harder, as "noir" is not so much a genre as a sensibility, and one defined by critics, and for movies at that: What is female? I'd define female noir as written by women.Ģ. Noir is so often defined solely in the male, hard-boiled, detective vein and male writers that it is difficult to describe female noir. ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments The hate u give book genre![]() ![]() ![]() I’m going to add a couple quotes but I won’t mention names for things that are slightly spoilery, I’ll just put ……. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.īut what Starr does or does not say could upend her community. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. ![]() Genre: YA Realistic Fiction Contemporary Diverse ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Book review bridge of clay![]() ![]() its quite a departure from his last novel, but i think thats exactly what we needed. ![]() its still the same poignant and brilliant writing, but this story is messy and complicated and raw. so i think those who only know MZ via ‘the book thief’ will be in for a small shock. its very reminiscent of his first work, the wolfe brothers series. So im pretty sure that even an infinite combination of words will spectacularly fail in describing what this story means to me, because it has been nearly 12 hours since i finished reading this and i still am at a loss at how to convey the heartbreaking beauty of this book.īut i do think its worth mentioning that zusak goes back to his roots with this story. it is something that demands to be felt, imprinting itself right across my heart. The manner in which this story has impacted me - by inhaling in the broken letters scattered among the pages, causing them to slowly seep into my veins, prompting my heart to start quietly beating for a boy who built a bridge - is not something that can be written in a review. When i die and they open me up, they will see this story engraved on my heart. This book is still so tragically underrated. ![]() |