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Mar 9, 2018 · Object Name: Tech-Noir scene from The Terminator Maker and Year: James Cameron, et al., 1984 Object Type: Film scene Description: (K.E. Roberts). The Tech-Noir club scene in The Terminator is a masterpiece of action film-making, arguably the most important sequence of the movie, and the club itself—its decor and atmosphere, its customers, its soundtrack, its very name—has had an ...
Cyber noir. Cyber noir, also called tech noir, deals either with dark shenanigans in the world of computers and hi-tech supernerds; or the virtual landscapes of a techno-generated underworld; or both. The term is a portmanteau that describes the conjunction of technology and science fiction: cyber- as in cyberpunk and -noir as film noir.
Mar 9, 2021 · 11. Strange Days (1995) Another fruitful subgenre of noir (a sort of twin sibling of neon-noir) is that of tech noir – mostly future-set stories that align their technological fetish with a more classic noir aesthetic. The term was coined by none other than James Cameron, in reference to “The Terminator” (the first one), and while that ...
Mar 11, 2021 · Referred to as a neo-noir sci-fi movie, Dark City is the perfect example of a tech-noir movie. In fact, it has often been stylistically compared to such movies as the aforementioned The City of Lost Children, as well as The Matrix, the German expressionist films like Metropolis, and the tech-noir movie, Brazil.
Apr 29, 2024 · Tech noir is a hybrid genre of film that combines elements of science fiction, particularly cyberpunk, with film noir. It typically incorporates a dystopian future characterized by high-tech advancements juxtaposed with societal decay and bleak, stylistic nihilism. To understand Tech Noir, you must first understand Film Noir and cyberpunk.
Nov 18, 2019 · 25. Enter the Void (2010) Trippy, drug-induced ride. One of the paradigm shifts from film noir movies to neo-noir movies is the addition of neon lights. There’s still high contrast lighting, but directors now flood those once-monochromic images with vibrant reds, blues, and purples.
