Noirs/Neo-noirs

[polishmike]

I got this book by Taschen, very cool for someone just getting into film noir.

[simsays]

I'm a big fan of the HK neo-noirs. Some great mid-to-late 90's Johnnie To films are The Longest Nite, Beyond Hypothermia, Expect the Unexpected, and A Hero Never Dies. His newer stuff like PTU and the Election films are great as well. Derek Yee's One Night in Mongkok is excellent as well.

[Comma H]

A good modern noir/sci fi film that I enjoy is Dark City.

Everyone else pretty much covered the rest.

[thinkfilm28]

[keagan]

[shut up alex]

if i did not post this someone else would...

[Lab]

bumpin this cuz i want more suggestions

[Lendo]

The Perfect Sleep tried really, really hard and pretty much failed. It could've been a fun movie, but too much talking, too many characters and a convoluted story.

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[DüM]

do Blood Simple and Fargo count?

[polishmike]

nothing made by cohen bros counts. they suck out any human qualities out of their characters.

[jeepster]

Angel A by Luc Besson has some noir-ish qualities, namely the b&w, but also the screen aspect ratios and liberal use of wide angle lenses on close-ups and tight shots. And the voiceovers.

[NESK]

nothing made by cohen bros counts. they suck out any human qualities out of their characters.

isnt dehumanizing people actually a noir device? not tha ti agree with you that the coens dont give their characters depth, but kind of simplifying a character into an architype or a one dimensional abstraction is kind of exactly what classic noir did.