Thursday, 24 March 2011
WHERE'S THE IRISH FILM NOIR?
If there is one genre completely missing from Irish cinema it's Film Noir. Look at the great directors in French cinema: Truffaut, Chabrol, Tavernier, Godard, Franju, Bresson, Beneix, Dassin, Melville, Besson, and Clouzot. They all made films in the Noir genre. It's easy to see why too. Film Noir allows the director to make personal yet commercial cinema. Honestly, if a decent Irish Film Noir got made it would win awards, do well commercially, and the Hollywood studios would probably do a remake. The problem though is that Film Noir requires a good knowledge of cinema and a director with a voice. Most Irish directors have neither of these! So that's that then?
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