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"noir story" refers to a genre of fiction, particularly in film and literature, characterized by its dark and gritty atmosphere. It usually involves crime, mystery, and moral ambiguity, often set in urban settings. The term "noir" comes from French, meaning "black," signifying the bleak and cynical tone of these stories.
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This is most definitely an interactive
film noir story, an interactive graphic novel if you will.
It has a
great noir story and some rather interesting and cool investigation mechanics.
Late last year saw the «You Crime» competition in which authors
of noir stories were pitted against each other, competing for a publishing contract based on how strongly they could generate social - media support.
Originally developed by Remedy, Max Payne was famous for two things: turning The Matrix's bullet time into a gameplay mechanic and taking inspiration from dime
store noir stories.
So where Brick was a hardcore film
noir story set in the world of high school students, Assassination is a high school movie with a noir mystery storyline.»
The deranged Baker family and twisted Southern setting made for a memorable
noir story with supernatural twists.
This film however, may have had the modern noir feeling, but actually had the
old noir story line AKA slow, strange, and confusing.
It felt that if you take away the sci - fi trappings, like the original, there's still a very solid film
noir story there.
Of course it's probably worth pointing out that the victim is Humpty Dumpty and Diggs is a worm, so it's not exactly you're
typical noir story.
Made in 1946 by director Jack Bernhard, who also directed «Blonde Ice,» this is another hard -
core noir story with a totally heartless seductress, a wildly improbable plot and a grimly pessimistic take on human nature.
That makes it one of the most elegantly constructed of Denis's eleven features — a
grim noir story broken into its component parts, then reassembled into a haunted funhouse image of itself.
The action -
noir story picks up with British operative Peggy Carter just a year after Captain America: The First Avenger left off, with Hayley Atwell's character now working in New York for the watchdog group that will eventually become S.H.I.E.L.D.
Description: When someone asks me what this story is about, the closest I can come up with is, a science
fiction noir story by a stand - up comic, passed through a hand - blender.
Legendary crime author Lawrence Block joins us in this episode of CrimeFiction.FM to discuss his new book, a
gritty noir story set in Florida, THE GIRL WITH THE DEEP BLUE EYES.
Hendricks makes unflinching use of the
archetypal noir story — flawed character in a flawed world wants more, gets less — but she does it in a voice that's all her own.
Browse our gallery of dark and moody living rooms, or find inspiration in our smoky and sophisticated
Scandi Noir story.
Originally developed by Remedy, Max Payne was famous for two things: turning The Matrix's bullet time into a gameplay mechanic and taking inspiration from dime
store noir stories.
Director Scott basically re-does his Alien - thang: transposing another genre (in this case the detective
film noir story - line) unto a sci - fi setting.
Smokey rooms, smooth jazz and a man with a briefcase: FRAMED has all the components of
a noir story shuffled in a really smart puzzle game.
There are so many more characters that appear and play a part, and it's engrossing to watch Sheridan work them into
this noir story.
So, what we have in Lost Highway is a film noir in which the protagonist, in order to escape his past (the goal of many a noir hero) invents a world in which he's the protagonist of a 50s sitcom, but gradually his invented world becomes infected by noir, until he's just a sap in yet
another noir story.
I've never read
any noir stories, so I'm excited to check them out.
By effortlessly moving
a noir story beyond the confines of its genre, he proves he is a writer to watch.
Smokey rooms, smooth jazz and a man with a briefcase: FRAMED has all the components of
a noir story shuffled in a really smart puzzle game.