Sci-fi noir, or, on the longevity of generic categories

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Sci-Fi noir is a term coined in the 2000s to denote a category of science-fiction films. Milestone films generally cited in this category are Jean-Luc Godard’s Alphaville (1965), Ridley Scott‘s Blade Runner (1982) and Ghost in the Shell (1995). As an aesthetic category, it is very near to cyberpunk and neo-noir. The work of Tanino Liberatore‘s RanXerox deserves mention here. One wonders how long this freshly-coined neologism will survive.

This collection of Youtube vids inspired by The Rise of Sci-Fi Noir by Broken Projector.

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Gautam July 22, 2007 at 10:50 pm

Thank you for the videos and for the mention. I find your posts very inspirational.

Cheers!
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Sci-fi noir, or, on the longevity of generic categories

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