Film Noir Style of Blade Runner

American films in the 1940s were dominated by the film noir, so much so that "it came to identify both the narrative-cinematic style of those films and also the historical period during which they were produced." The style would have an influence long after that historical period ended. Indeed, it continues to have an influence today, though the underlying social dynamic that produced it in the first place changed long ago. Yet, there is something in the film noir that appeals to and expresses darker aspects of the human soul and so has a resonance still. Film noir is more properly called a style rather than a genre:

Film noir was itself a system of visual and thematic conventions which were not associated

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ants him to work, he has no choice in the matter. He can be intimidated back into action against his will, though he fights the bureaucracy in his own way and ultimately prevails by escaping from the city altogether. The paranoia of the film noir is seen most clearly in Blade Runner in terms of the question of divided loyalties, and here it is taken to an extreme with a female character who is not even human and who may therefore have loyalties that a human being cannot understand. The main character has divided loyalties himself--he is a blade runner, but he is not loyal to that calling and would happily retire. His assistance has uncertain loyalties--he seems to be a "company man," but he also lets the central character and the girl get away at a key point. Blade Runner shows that some of the fears motivating the film noir style in the 1940s exist today, with filmmaker Ridley Scott projecting these fears into the future. Among these is a mistrust of big business, for the business in Blade Runner is a criminal enterprise with its own agenda, willing to undertake dangerous experiments for profit and heedless of the social consequences. The film noir style is used here even more as a style rather than a genre than it was
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