Monday, March 17, 2008

'Writing the New Noir Film' By Sharon.Y. Cobb

Femme Fatale
  • She represents a better life: wealthy/ beautiful / intelligent & illusive
  • E.g. 'Basic Instinct'
  • Dougals risks his life for Stone, knowing she is a murder suspect just to satisfy his obssession with her.
  • E.g. LA Confidential
  • Basinger is a "victim" of her own beauty, luring Bud into a sexual relationship them betraying him by having a sexual encounter with his fellow detective Ed, photographed by another character to use for blackmail.

Noir Sex

  • Protagonist lusts over femme fatale - obssession
  • New Noirs - feature more highly erotic 'love scenes'
  • Proffessional objectives of the protagonist are compromised (E.g. Basic Instinct -Stone teases Douglas through questioning - distracted away from professional/ obessession over next sexual encounter.

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