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Gone Girl And Momento Essay

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North By Northwest, Gone Girl and Momento are examples of how the thriller genre has developed over time. Each text is distinctive, with Gone Girl being a psychological thriller, North By Northwest being a noir film, and Momento being a psychological thriller. Each of these texts have been influenced by the time and place of which it was set. NBNW which was set in 1950's, is a film that is heavily influenced by the cold war. We see this influence with mount Rushmore, which was Hitchcock's way of giving the audience an idea about the time in which the film was set, whilst enhancing the storyline and anticipation for the audience. Subsequently, in Momento there is evidence for the evolution of cinematography elements of the thriller genre, as …show more content…

It is based around crime fiction and psychological thrillers with fear, mistrust, loss of innocence, and despair being the predominant themes portrayed; which was a reflection of the historical period of the cold war. One element of comparison for all 3 texts is that they all incorporate distinctive femme fatale characters. The Evolution of femme fatale in neo-noir films during 1940s to the late 50s, revolutionised, as post WW1 shifting gender roles were evident when men came back from work to find their wives possessing financial and sexual independence. During the early days when the femme fatale portrayal reached an apotheosis, a new genre of film appeared which depicted woman holding higher status over the male hegemony. A resonant exemplar of this is in Christopher Nolan's Momento and Flynn's Gone Girl, where we see Amy's character as being represented far richer than neo-noir films that precede her. Moreover, with Natalie we see the evolution femme fatale in psychological thrillers as females that come off as manipulative. In Momento, the thriller genre has further developed to play with the mind of the viewers, by using non-linear narrative

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