What is Neo-Noir?

[@ergietalks]

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[@supermrmainman]

It was a solid, informative video essay with a fun multifandom music video at the end. Take my like good sir

[@kaiisth]

My brain fried when I hear light my fire for some reason

[@joeking8734]

Love the essay. It is such a underrated genre. I wish it was more discussed.

[@AnalysisWithAlex]

Great informative essay! It’s interesting to consider No Country for Old Men and neo-noir, but it totally works. I’ve always considered it a neo-western movie. You did a great job highlighting the malleability of this genre and what it means for us, though!

[@thegentleman282]

tbh i see it as both neo-noir and neo-western, that is by far one of my favourite movies

[@MungoWasTaken]

this was a genuinely entertaining informative video essay, i cant believe you only have 200+ subscribers! keep it up.

[@whitecocoa42]

love the editing! great essay on a great genre, thank you

[@do9138]

The MOST neo-noir film is Body Heat. It is essentially an update of Double Indemnity, often considered one of the first film noir movies, with some plot changes. Even its director, Lawrence Kasdan, stated that Body Heat was inspired by Double Indemnity.

[@drownedmouse404]

This is your only video!? This is one of the most entertaining videos on this subject. Can’t wait to see more!

[@L3ZC]

Getting into noir and neo noir movies in a young age really showed that I have a good taste for movie also, that it shows intricate flaws of modern era society not in a very ficcional yet accurate to some events and how we as an individual react and response to it

[@nonagonfinite]

Fantastic video! I'm hoping to make some kind of a video essay myself in the near future as I've been working on learning editing, and this is super inspiring to me. I also loved the montage at the end, awesome way to end the video. Keep up the great work, I really enjoyed this.

[@ergietalks]

Absolutely go for it! I’m still learning the ropes, myself lol

[@rwoodstudios]

This was well done. Hope you create more like this. It was very helpful at helping me understand this genre better than before.

[@cozymarr2544]

This video was very well done and informing!

[@MoBitz69]

amazing edit at the end there my dude!!

[@DarnellBC872]

thank you for helping me with my assignment I will be using you as a reference.

[@do9138]

Social media as a reference. 😂I hope you're not trying to get away with that in college.

[@robertpaterson4776]

Yeah this is like really good dood, keep it up!

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

Amazing video bro Funny how many of these are either Cyberpunk or Batman lel Also that ending sequence was incredible!

[@directorliam]

My favourite neo-noir movies are The Batman, John Wick 1-4 and Blade Runner 2049.

[@Wat3rCoCk]

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[@directorliam]

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[@the.saunter.experiment]

Great video essay and editing! Just one suggestion, the audio transitions (eg. Narration from no background music to added soundtrack, or narration to no narration aka just music) can be a bit smoother. Can’t wait to see more!

[@kutzovski]

one of the best vids i ever saw!

[@AustinJDecareaux]

All that end music edit did was show me that I'm part of a stereotype 😭

[@evanmcgowan8811]

Nice video bro!

[@zlynch172]

@ErgieTalks what is that shot from at 6:41? It is such an iconic shot and I know I've seen it before but I can't place it. Ten minutes of googling "revolver rolling down arm" isn't refreshing my memory. The color grade and the mask make me want to say John Wick but I can't seem to find anything there either.

[@Fje8sbbc]

It's from Bullet Train, good movie

[@monareyes-gr6td]

Great job on this video essay.

[@nathanielthomas1894]

fantastic vid!

[@dopeboy777]

You are so underrated

[@HauntFactory1031]

Brilliant video.

[@maxpain23]

Man you didnt mention sin city thats also a great neo noir movie

[@AIMusic4U2Hate]

Calling John Wick noir is a real stretch. Apart from the clothing and sets, nothing else really connects.

[@Limaien]

Did you include a filmography of where you sourced the clips from somewhere in written form by any chance?

[@AngelF___]

make more videos man🙏

[@BGomez-tk7lu]

Great video

[@ZaidAhmad-rp1ro]

could have improved resolution

[@thomasstorgaard9750]

Great analysis of Film Noir genre, but you forgot to include "Deep Cover" from 1992, directed by Bill Duke with Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum in the leading roles. The John Wick movies are more like graphic novels on film with a main character with no humor in elegant clothing in dark, but beautiful surroundings.

[@atwunz]

Is Winter Soldier a neo-noir?

[@ItsJustApollo123]

both dislikes are from haters

[@kendralewis5883]

“Infected mental institution” and “mentally torched”, hmm I wonder who could relate.🙄😒 5:27

[@revemb4653]

@4:58 idk what the hell he says here

[@Edge9404]

That was spawned by human folly.

[@Mentis-de]

John Wick is not a "neo noir", it's a modern heroic bloodshed movie inspired by hong kong action cinema by John Woo and Johnnie To

[@squeak5213]

neat video

[@achalsharma5676]

what is neon noir then?

[@ZephZero]

Nicolas Winding Refn's calling card

[@Ciruelatron]

Nice

[@borntoclimb7116]

Interesting

[@johnnypalooka]

Knives Out and The Matrix are definitely not neo noir. Casablanca is not an example of Film Noir. You should have searched deeper for true neo noir examples. There are plenty of them.

[@zlynch172]

Casablanca as film noir is debatable, but you could make a similar argument for most films in most genres. Capital 'G' Genre is defined by artistic movements within the film industry, and there are fuzzy edges on everything, because art is influenced by other art. Knives Out and The Matrix definitely borrow some elements of film noir, even though they may not be "Film Noir" or "Neo-Noir". There aren't many movies (especially modern ones) that neatly fall into genre boxes.

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[@richardking3206]

Sorry, but I don’t feel that this well-made video shows us much about neo-Noir or the original Film Noir, either. It touches the surface of a lot but offers no depth as to what it is. Many of the films you refer to have aspects of noir, but aren’t themselves noir. Given that there are many neo-Noir films available, why did you choose to ignore them and deal instead with more peripheral films? Every film that has a detective of some sort or deals with a crime of some sort, ends up with a claim of being Noir. The original Film Noir ended with 1958’s Touch of Evil; all films of a similar type thereafter are neo-Noir. The difficulty with Film Noir is that it’s a style as much as a genre, so has few, if any, actual rules. Westerns and Musicals have fairly clear delineations, unlike Noir. This has led to mass claims of Noir-ness, as there are for SF, for example, or Horror. These days Noir means everything and nothing at all. The term is almost useless as it no longer means anything at all, it is so debased. There are no end of war films, and it’s astonishing how many are claimed to be anti-war, on the basis of nothing at all or showing the usual huge numbers of dead. The Dark Knight was an interesting twist on the previous incarnation of Batman, which was meant to highlight the vigilante aspect of the character, with the artwork of the graphic novels reflecting this mood. The films were a fudge, with him seen as on the side of the police and society, using the dark visuals for pure style and not for the emphasis of the anti-social vigilantism on show. They are interesting films, but are not neo-Noir. Please, if we are to have visual essays on these topics, can we stick to the subject matter and the films that prove the point, and ignore the films that have claims to aspects of a genre, but not the meat of it.

[@AIMusic4U2Hate]

ROFL...This video thinks everything is neo noir..."In Anchorman, Ron Burgundy must face a corrupt journalist news room and win over his true love..."

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[@flamehead3522]

I hate neo noir.

[@colinmichels]

you are no fun