“BLACK MOVIES”: GENRE MEMORY OF THE NOIR FILM LANGUAGE IN THE SYSTEM OF AUDIOVISUAL TRANSFORMATIONS (1970s – 2010s)

The issue of “genre memory” in the noir film language is one of the most relevant problems in the modern study of “black” cinema evolution. In spite of the fact that in the recent years, noir has significantly expanded its traditional artistic “cover”, the study of features and ways of its transform...

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Main Authors: Nataliia Markhaichuk, Natalia Riabukha, Volodumur Tarasov
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Language:English
Published: V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University 2021-05-01
Series:Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна. Серия: Теорія культури та філософіі науки
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Online Access:https://periodicals.karazin.ua/thcphs/article/view/18079
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description The issue of “genre memory” in the noir film language is one of the most relevant problems in the modern study of “black” cinema evolution. In spite of the fact that in the recent years, noir has significantly expanded its traditional artistic “cover”, the study of features and ways of its transformation is one of priority vectors of the research. In the context of audiovisual transformations of the early 21st century, noir is represented by at least two genre constructions (post-noir and neo-noir), which also need to be studied in areas related to “diffuseness” of genres and “hybridization” of artistic film language. The main stages of the formation of noir genre paradigm are considered by the authors. These stages are defined and analyzed in the context of tools of artistic film language: compositional and plastic techniques, stylistic solutions and “genre iconography”. Defining three main periods in the development of the “black” cinema, the authors outline its main typical-specific roles, which form various strategies and forms of existence of classical “genre memory” of noir in different systems of cinematic art thinking. Noir showed an extremely high potential for modification, which led to the expressiveness of its subgenre convention. Example of a number of films shows how directors use or borrow traditional aesthetics of noir with the help of expressive means of cinema. In many cases, semiotics of the “black” cinema becomes an object for the search for new artistic and stylistic solutions, which further confirms the genre elasticity of noir. All of the above allows us to state the existence of a kind of “noir” ontology in artistic film tools, which first of all appeals to the lacuna of “genre memory” using particular range of techniques.
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spelling doaj.art-1de1b27f7be94ae4a8b3c738fde10f822023-10-26T14:51:43ZengV. N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityВісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна. Серия: Теорія культури та філософіі науки2306-66872021-05-0163576710.26565/2306-6687-2021-63-0718079“BLACK MOVIES”: GENRE MEMORY OF THE NOIR FILM LANGUAGE IN THE SYSTEM OF AUDIOVISUAL TRANSFORMATIONS (1970s – 2010s)Nataliia Markhaichuk0Natalia Riabukha1Volodumur Tarasov2Ph.D. in Art Studies, Associate Professor of the Theory of Culture and Philosophy of Science Department, Faculty of Philosophy, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityDoctor of Art Criticism, Associate Professor, Dean of the Faculty of audiovisual art, Kharkiv State Academy of Culture.PhD in History, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines, Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts.The issue of “genre memory” in the noir film language is one of the most relevant problems in the modern study of “black” cinema evolution. In spite of the fact that in the recent years, noir has significantly expanded its traditional artistic “cover”, the study of features and ways of its transformation is one of priority vectors of the research. In the context of audiovisual transformations of the early 21st century, noir is represented by at least two genre constructions (post-noir and neo-noir), which also need to be studied in areas related to “diffuseness” of genres and “hybridization” of artistic film language. The main stages of the formation of noir genre paradigm are considered by the authors. These stages are defined and analyzed in the context of tools of artistic film language: compositional and plastic techniques, stylistic solutions and “genre iconography”. Defining three main periods in the development of the “black” cinema, the authors outline its main typical-specific roles, which form various strategies and forms of existence of classical “genre memory” of noir in different systems of cinematic art thinking. Noir showed an extremely high potential for modification, which led to the expressiveness of its subgenre convention. Example of a number of films shows how directors use or borrow traditional aesthetics of noir with the help of expressive means of cinema. In many cases, semiotics of the “black” cinema becomes an object for the search for new artistic and stylistic solutions, which further confirms the genre elasticity of noir. All of the above allows us to state the existence of a kind of “noir” ontology in artistic film tools, which first of all appeals to the lacuna of “genre memory” using particular range of techniques.https://periodicals.karazin.ua/thcphs/article/view/18079audiovisual artcinematographyfilm languagefilm genre“black movies”
spellingShingle Nataliia Markhaichuk
Natalia Riabukha
Volodumur Tarasov
“BLACK MOVIES”: GENRE MEMORY OF THE NOIR FILM LANGUAGE IN THE SYSTEM OF AUDIOVISUAL TRANSFORMATIONS (1970s – 2010s)
Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна. Серия: Теорія культури та філософіі науки
audiovisual art
cinematography
film language
film genre
“black movies”
title “BLACK MOVIES”: GENRE MEMORY OF THE NOIR FILM LANGUAGE IN THE SYSTEM OF AUDIOVISUAL TRANSFORMATIONS (1970s – 2010s)
title_full “BLACK MOVIES”: GENRE MEMORY OF THE NOIR FILM LANGUAGE IN THE SYSTEM OF AUDIOVISUAL TRANSFORMATIONS (1970s – 2010s)
title_fullStr “BLACK MOVIES”: GENRE MEMORY OF THE NOIR FILM LANGUAGE IN THE SYSTEM OF AUDIOVISUAL TRANSFORMATIONS (1970s – 2010s)
title_full_unstemmed “BLACK MOVIES”: GENRE MEMORY OF THE NOIR FILM LANGUAGE IN THE SYSTEM OF AUDIOVISUAL TRANSFORMATIONS (1970s – 2010s)
title_short “BLACK MOVIES”: GENRE MEMORY OF THE NOIR FILM LANGUAGE IN THE SYSTEM OF AUDIOVISUAL TRANSFORMATIONS (1970s – 2010s)
title_sort black movies genre memory of the noir film language in the system of audiovisual transformations 1970s 2010s
topic audiovisual art
cinematography
film language
film genre
“black movies”
url https://periodicals.karazin.ua/thcphs/article/view/18079
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