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Inherent Vice is a 2014 American period neo-noir mystery stoner comedy film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the 2009 novel by Thomas Pynchon.The ensemble cast includes Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston, Eric Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, Benicio del Toro, Jena Malone, Martin Short and Joanna Newsom.
The following is a list of films belonging to the neo-noir genre. Following a common convention of associating the 1940s and 1950s with film noir , the list takes 1960 to date the beginning of the genre.
The neo-noir subgenre refers to crime dramas and mysteries produced from the mid-1960s to the present that, while they are generally shot in color and do not always emulate the visual style of classic film noir, often borrow the themes, archetypes, and plots made famous by the film noir genre.
Neo-noir is a film genre that adapts the visual style and themes of 1940s and 1950s American film noir for contemporary audiences, often with more graphic depictions of violence and sexuality. [1] During the late 1970s and the early 1980s, the term "neo-noir" surged in popularity, fueled by movies such as Sydney Pollack 's Absence of Malice ...
Christopher McQuarrie (born October 25, 1968) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. He received the BAFTA Award, Independent Spirit Award, and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the neo-noir mystery film The Usual Suspects (1995).
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is a 1982 American neo-noir mystery comedy film directed, co-written by, and co-starring Carl Reiner and co-written by and starring Steve Martin. Co-starring Rachel Ward , the film is both a parody of and a homage to film noir and the pulp detective films of the 1940s. [ 2 ]
Blue Velvet is a 1986 American neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by David Lynch. Blending psychological horror [ 4 ] [ 5 ] with film noir , the film stars Kyle MacLachlan , Isabella Rossellini , Dennis Hopper , and Laura Dern , and is named after the 1951 song of the same name .
The Two Jakes is a 1990 American neo-noir mystery film and the sequel to the 1974 film Chinatown. [4] Directed by and starring Jack Nicholson, who reprises his role of J.J. “Jake” Gittes from the first film, the cast also features Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Richard Farnsworth, Frederic Forrest, David Keith, Rubén Blades, Tracey Walter and Eli Wallach.