Blue Ruin

[Jesse Gooch]

Because of a thing for school, I’ve looked at a lot of definitions of film noir lately and have learned that it gets harder and harder to pinpoint what is and isn’t “noir” after about 1950, I think the “neo” qualifier allows it to cover even more stuff.  I could try to find the article on neo-noir that had it on the list of movies, but I don’t remember it really listing its qualifications.  Not being a specific genre, it’s a pretty subjective thing.  I’ll get back to you on the verite aspect once I write a paper on that. For now, I’ll trust that you’re probably right.
As far as Green Room goes, it’s never bad watching Nazis get killed.  But having grown up in the punk scene, and then been locked-up with a lot of skinheads, it just seemed silly.  It felt like a movie about punks and white supremacists made by somebody that had only seen punks and white supremacists on TV (like if a white guy from Bismarck had made Boys in the Hood after binge-watching gangland and lockup raw). Not a terrible movie though. Nice to see Sir Patrick playing something different.

On 4/1/17, 3:26 PM, "Mark Thibodeau" <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:

    I thought it was... okay. Don't see the "noir" aspect though, as it's
    anything but stylish/stylized. It felt more verite' to me. Noir
    doesn't just mean grim and depressing with an all but silent anti-hero
    now, does it?
    
    I preferred his Green Room, but then again, I like watching Nazis die
    horrible deaths.
    
    Jerky
    
    On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 1:52 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
    > Funny:  I was at my local library this AM randomly looking at the DVD
    > shelves, thinking to randomly find something good.  I saw Blue Ruin, and
    > liked the name, but didn't pick it up.  Next time I will.
    >
    > David Morris
    >
    > On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 12:32 PM Jesse Gooch <jlgooch at hotmail.com> wrote:
    >>
    >> Who’s seen Blue Ruin?  I liked this quite a bit.  Came across it in an
    >> article about neo noir and enjoyed it.  Good pacing and the protagonist was
    >> interesting.
    >>
    >> Not so much a fan of the other 2 movies the guy made (Murder Party and
    >> Green Room) but this one is good.
    

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