neo-noir
See also: néo-noir
English edit
Etymology edit
neo- + noir, after film noir.
Noun edit
neo-noir (countable and uncountable, plural neo-noirs)
- (uncountable) A genre of film that combines elements of traditional film noir with modern themes and visuals.
- 2006, Nicholas Christopher, Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City:
- In only one other neo-noir film, Chinatown, a big-studio, big-stars production, has the screenwriter actually won the Academy Award.
- (countable) An individual film of this kind.
- 2007, Andrew Spicer, European Film Noir:
- Typical of neo-noir as a whole, British neo-noirs are highly intertextual and allusive […]
