Introduction:
Film noir is described as ‘… an atmosphere of disillusion and sense of foreboding, a dark quality that derived as much from the characters depicted as from the cinematographer’s art.’[1] Drive is very much a film that I believe embeds various forms of film noir rooted into it but also it’s not fully a noir film. The cinematography ‘plays more like an exercise in turn-of-the-Eighties nostalgia.’[2] Although, various times in the film it has a brightly lit visual style, which very much goes against film noir – which is darkly lit. The term used to best describe Drive is ‘neo-noir’[3] with its overall display as an updated version of the noir films of the 1950s and 60s.
Film noir is described as ‘… an atmosphere of disillusion and sense of foreboding, a dark quality that derived as much from the characters depicted as from the cinematographer’s art.’[1] Drive is very much a film that I believe embeds various forms of film noir rooted into it but also it’s not fully a noir film. The cinematography ‘plays more like an exercise in turn-of-the-Eighties nostalgia.’[2] Although, various times in the film it has a brightly lit visual style, which very much goes against film noir – which is darkly lit. The term used to best describe Drive is ‘neo-noir’[3] with its overall display as an updated version of the noir films of the 1950s and 60s.
Key
primary & secondary texts:
The primary text used will be the film Drive with me getting most of my research from the film. Cinematography, mis-en-scene and the role of women are all things I will be looking for in the film. For secondary texts I will look at past noir films and compare them to Drive along with using interviews, critics reviews and books from the BFI and other libraries that are relevant to my study.
Hypothesis:
The film Drive ‘With its hyper-stylized blend of violence, music, and striking imagery, Drive represents a fully realized vision of arthouse action.’ [4] Though how much of an influence does film noir have on Drive? It is definitive that film noir as a genre has significance to the film, but I do not believe the film situates itself fully into being a complete noir film, but rather a combination of noir, thriller and a small amount of action. I will be exploring the comparisons and differences between Drive and film noir in regards to: cinematography, the role of women and mis-en-scene.
The primary text used will be the film Drive with me getting most of my research from the film. Cinematography, mis-en-scene and the role of women are all things I will be looking for in the film. For secondary texts I will look at past noir films and compare them to Drive along with using interviews, critics reviews and books from the BFI and other libraries that are relevant to my study.
Hypothesis:
The film Drive ‘With its hyper-stylized blend of violence, music, and striking imagery, Drive represents a fully realized vision of arthouse action.’ [4] Though how much of an influence does film noir have on Drive? It is definitive that film noir as a genre has significance to the film, but I do not believe the film situates itself fully into being a complete noir film, but rather a combination of noir, thriller and a small amount of action. I will be exploring the comparisons and differences between Drive and film noir in regards to: cinematography, the role of women and mis-en-scene.
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