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<\/a>\u201cThere are so many movies that come out in current times that are based on the noir genre,\u201d says Lee-Radigan, \u201cand it\u2019s so often parodied that watching the originals can give you a huge amount of context for seeing the ones that are quite modern. And they\u2019re so much fun. They\u2019re very moody; the writing is often incredibly good.\u201d<\/p>\n
While students often have limited time and resources to find and support community in the midst of the semester, Lee-Radigan says Noir-vember gives students an opportunity to connect.<\/p>\n
\u201cSame thing that the other movie nights offer,\u201d they say. \u201cIt\u2019s just a lot of community, a way to unwind from classes, a nice way to get out to the movies that is also free.\u201d<\/p>\n
The classic period of film noir was during the 1940s and 1950s, when motion pictures were generally filmed in black and white. Lee-Radigan says that while some younger audiences may not be accustomed to the format, there are many characteristics of film that can only be enjoyed through the genre.<\/p>\n
\u201cNoir is so good at using that black and white film to its advantage,\u201d they say. \u201cAll of the films are very much shot with black and white in mind, and so they make use of these shadows, and they do a lot of really interesting cinematography elements. If you don\u2019t like black and white films, you might like noir films because they\u2019re not just happened to be filmed in black and white, they are elevated because they\u2019re in black and white.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lee-Radigan says they first developed an interest for film noir when writing a paper for a Camosun class, which prompted them to explore more films of the period. They say they were surprised by the genre.<\/p>\n
\u201cI found them so much better written than I thought they would be,\u201d they say. \u201cI think it\u2019s also [that] justice is such a through-plot and not necessarily specifically rooted in a\u2026 It\u2019s in a very \u2018shades of grey\u2019 way. There\u2019s a lot of anti-heros in it, there\u2019s a lot of the falsely accused criminals that have to prove their innocence. You get a lot of that. There\u2019s very little\u2026 Despite being all in black and white, there\u2019s very little emotional black and white in film noir.\u201d<\/p>\n