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Eighties Noir: The Dissenting Voice in Reagan's America

2006; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 34; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3200/jpft.34.3.123-129

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Robert Arnett,

Media Studies and Communication

This article explores film noir and neo-noir while excluding re-creation, nostalgia, parody, and homage. Within this perspective a group of films, best labeled '80s noir, emerge with distinct narrative and visual motifs, and an ideology that counters other mainstream genres of the time—one critical of America during the years of Ronald Reagan's presidency.