Nic nie jest takie, jakie się wydaje. Narracja w filmach neo-noir

• Authors: Krystian Zając

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NOTHING IS SUCH AS IT SEEMS TO BE. NARRATION IN NEO-NOIR MOVIES

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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My thesis is devoted to narrative strategies in neo-noir cinema. Analyzing particular problems in postmodernist noir films like The Usual Suspects (1995) by Bryan Singer, Fight Club (1999) by David Fincher, or Memento (2000) by Christopher Nolan, I prove that in spite of many differences, they can be acknowledged as a separate trend of the cinema, having its roots in the classic noir movie. Additionally, drawing a comparison of these images to the work from the film noir series of the forties and the fifties, I can demonstrate a postmodernist interpretation of narrative strategies that are characteristic for the noir films.

Keywords

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NEO-NOIR CINEMA; POSTMODERNIST NOIR; CLASSIC NOIR MOVIE; NARRATIVE STRATEGIES IN NOIR; CHRISTOPHER NOLAN; MEMENTO; DAVID FINCHER; FIGHT CLUB; BRYAN SINGER; THE USUAL SUSPECTS

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
• Journal: Studia Filmoznawcze
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 31
• Pages: 207-221

Contributors

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Krystian Zając