Movie Review Chinatown And The Girl With The Dragon

â€Å"Chinatown† and â€Å"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo† Noir (noir means black in French) is a style which was frequently seen in 1940-1950s film mostly consisting of crime, sex and fiction. Modern motion pictures use the same genre, but updated visual, theme and content. Neo-noir, Greek term neo means new, making term new black. Noir movies are very popular among the audiences. Chinatown (1974) directed by Roman Polanski, starring Jack Nicholson (Protagonist) as Jake Gittes, Faye Dunaway (Co-actor) as Eve Mulwray and John Huston (Antagonist) as Noah cross is a successful Academy award winning popular neo-noir movie of 1970s. On the other hand The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) directed by Niels Arden Oplev starring Michael Nyqvist (Protagonist) as Mikael Blomkvist, Noomi Rapace (Co-actor) as Lisbeth Salander and Peter Haber (Antagonist) as Martin Vanger, was also a commercial success at the box office. Even though these two neo-noir movies were released 35 years apart, they are parallel in the movie elements, common background histor y of female character and psychological situation of the main protagonist. The Two movies share common visual element and audio elements like camera focus, the angle of the camera and thrilling soundtrack. In both movies the actress has past abused history being raped and taken advantage of. Protagonist in both movies shares similar behavior and state of mind throughout the scene. A successful movie is always comprised ofShow MoreRelatedFlower Drum Song By O. Y. Lee1468 Words   |  6 Pagesheart attack following liver disease on Feb. 3, 1961. And for historical context, this movie was produced in 1961, four years before the Hart-Cellar Act, which lifted the national quota on Asian immigrants. Portrayals of Femininity: What Exactly Does â€Å"Being a Girl† Entail? In the film Flower Drum Song, Rodgers and Hammerstein provide two female characters in stereotypical orientalized Asian American roles–the Dragon Lady in the form of Linda Low, and the Butterfly as Mei Li.   These two characters exhibit