About the Scholar: Pioneer Scholar Qianyi is from Beijing, China, where she attended Beijing No. 4 High School International Campus
The Research:
Most of us have seen at least one movie that falls under the category of “film noir” – dark, gritty crime dramas featuring bitter detectives, femmes fatales, and urban underworlds. In order to chart the development of film noir, Qianyi’s paper examines themes of fatalism and pessimism in three noir films: Double Idemnity, Taxi Driver, and Chungking Express. Her paper finds that by the 1980s and ‘90s, noir films started to replace themes of fatalism and pessimism with powerful characters with positive messages to share. This developmental arc helps viewers appreciate this genre’s capacity for growth and innovation.
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