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  1. neo-noirnoun

    A genre of film that combines elements of traditional film noir with modern themes and visuals.

  2. neo-noirnoun

    An individual film of this kind.

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  1. Neo-noir

    Neo-noir is a revival of film noir, a genre that had originally flourished during the post-World War II era in the United States—roughly from 1940 to 1960. The French term, film noir, translates literally to English as "black film", indicating sinister stories often presented in a shadowy cinematographic style. Neo-noir has a similar style but with updated themes, content, style, and visual elements.

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  1. Neo-noir

    Neo-noir is a style often seen in modern motion pictures and other forms that prominently utilize elements of film noir, but with updated themes, content, style, visual elements or media that were absent in films noir of the 1940s and 1950s.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of neo-noir in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of neo-noir in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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  1. Wash Westmoreland:

    When I started reading Susanna Jones' brilliant novel I just fell into it, just the psychology was so fascinating and the story's so unexpected and I felt, 'Aha, I can use this to make a neo-noir,' earthquake Bird.

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