Ask Mick LaSalle: A name for angst-ridden movies
If we call the dark and moody detective movies from the mid-20th century “film noir,” what name can we give the existential-angst, character-driven films from the ’70s? If you’re talking about Raymond Chandler adaptations, like “Farewell, My Lovely” (1975) or “The Big Sleep” (1978), you’d call those neo-noirs — as in noir films made with a self-conscious awareness of operating within a tradition. Are there any sound remakes of silent films — and any English-language remakes of foreign films — that... Читать дальше...
