i have to write a paper on film noir. please help!!!?

Question

i have to contrast classic noir and neo noir.
either The Maltese Falcon and Brick or The Maltese Falcon and Chinatown. I'm so lost and any insight or ideas would help

Answer 1

Actually one of the few differences between "noir" and "neo-noir" is that the evils in "neo-noir" are sometimes part of a system-wide, government-wide, or world-wide conspiracy. Apart from that, much remains the same between the two styles. There are more female protagonist-investigators in "neo-noirs" as opposed to the classic "noirs", but the real difference is the idea of a large conspiracy that the hero finds that he or she is helpless against.
Some "classic noirs" are still being made today--MAN WHO WASN'T THERE, for example (though there is a "nod" to the conspiracy aspect with the victim's wife's story of UFO's).In classic "noir" most evil is at some human level, in the hero himself, too, and seems under control by the end of the story.
But most "neo-noirs" have this extra feature that dooms the characters (CHINATOWN, the control of the water supply, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, the police "enforcers" who torture hoodlums in the motel, THE GRIFTERS, the gambling syndicate who will hunt Lily down, in the tv-series "Miami Vice" the Drug cartels, and the "governments" in GATTACA, X-FILES, DARK CITY etc.)

(MALTESE FALCON has many aspects of "noir" but does not have the helpless "fall" of the hero into a noir situation. He is a savvy operator, cuts his losses, and survives intact. )

Answer 2

I did one on an previous action picture nior called"double endimnity" or something and "basic instinct". a simple element it particularly is obvious is that the two have the classic femme fatale, or scandelous warm female. good success with the paper