noir
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1. noir - Noun
2. noir - Adjective
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noir (comparative more noir, superlative most noir)
(film, television) Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre
(film and television, uncountable) Film noir.
(film and television, countable) A production in the style of film noir.
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I admire hard-bitten, wisecracking realism of Ida Lupino and the film noir heroines. I'm sick of simpering white girls with their princess fantasies.
Is there something in druggy subjects that encourages directors to make imitation film noir? Film noir itself becomes an addiction.
That's what noir feels like to me. It feels like some kind of recurring dream, with very strong archetypes operating. You know, the guilty girl being pursued, falling, all kinds of stuff that we see in our dreams all the time.
The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armor. He's dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that he's a hero the whole time.
I'm not Josh Brolin or Ryan Gosling. They're more noir than I.
Noir is dead for me because historically, I think it's a simple view. I've taken it as far as it can go. I think I've expanded on it a great deal, taken it further than any other American novelist.