Outline for the Presentation

I.               Introduce your film and provide the premise of the film in three sentences or fewer.

    In Brick, the teenaged Brendan, sets out on a search for the reason of the murder of his ex-girlfriend, who was missing and found dead.

II.         Characteristics and Conventions of the Film that Link it to Classic Film Noir

Protagonist is a detective figure on a quest for a missing person. Brendan is our protagonist, but like many classic noir figures, he is on the morality fence he hides it in order to conduct his own investigation without interference by the police. 

first quote:                                                                  

Context: 
The scene where Dode is on the phone with Brendan and he is trying to scare Brendan by telling the Pin and Tugger the killer.

Quote from the Source:

Brendan Frye: Hire another hash head to blade me?

Dode: Don't need no blade, Shamus. I just gotta squawk.

Brendan Frye: What do you want?

Dode: Just to see you sweat.

Significance:

Protagonist suffers appalling abuse in the search of truth. Beaten by Pin’s gang to persuade him to stop the investigation. The Pin sent one of his to attack Brendan, Brendan ended up beat the guy.

second quote:

Context:

David Denby, the author of "Tabacco and Drugs.

Quote from the Source:

“Yes, the knight in shining armor must walk down those mean streets; he must act like a criminal, enter the underworld (in this case, a suburban basement with prefab paneling), get himself beaten up, outsmart everyone, and, in the end, give us the pleasures of sin and of justice at the same time.” 

Significance:

The protagonist dose have to go to the dark side to get want he wants.

ProtagonProtaProtagonist is on of the characteristic as noir and so is a femme fatale. Femme fatale attempts to manipulate the protagonist like Laura manipulates Brendan in the film “Brick.” Beautiful close up shots of the little clues throughout the film and of course the outfits of the femme fatale Laura.

III.        Elements of the Film that Deviate from Classic Film Noir and Link it to Neo Noir

Protagonist suffers appalling abuse in the search of the truth, Beaten by Pin’s gang to persuade him to stop the investigation.

Location deviates from typical noir setting.

            Set in the modern-day Southern California neighborhood and high school.

Anxieties of the time.

High school, often associated with innocent children, id becoming just as corrupt as miscreant in the streets.

                       

Devastation of heroin.

Annotated Bibliography: Brick

Dark 'Brick' high school noir, but is it homage or satire?

In this review it talking about the language the film and how it relates to the storyline. It is a hardboiled detective story set in an affluent Californian high school where everyone speaks a wonderful mixture of teen slang and 70-year-old pulp lingo. Example “bulls," "pipers," "scrapers," "yegs" and "saps"

Curtright, Bob. "Dark 'Brick' high school noir, but is it homage or satire?." Wichita Eagle, The (KS)(2006): Newspaper Source. EBSCO. Web. 9 May 2011.

Dark sarcasm in the classroom

Rian Johnson's stylish teen noir murder flick “Brick” gets a gold star from JAMES CHRISTOPHER. This article is basally about the plot of the movie and then it turns out to be about the hero, Brendan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), review. It gives details in the plot and Joseph talks about it too. It also gives some informant on hot much the movie cost at Wal-Mart.

James, Christopher. "Dark sarcasm in the classroom." Times, The (United Kingdom) n.d.: Newspaper Source. EBSCO. Web. 9 May 2011.

OLD NOIR FOR A NEW GENERATION

This article is about the film “Brick” and how it is related to film noir. It talks about the style and some elements of noir. It says that people not and days don’t really know the genre film noir and how it’s becoming new again. Neo noir is the new term for it. It also talks about the film itself. The plot of the film and how it I rated.

Rainer, Peter. "OLD NOIR FOR A NEW GENERATION." Christian Science Monitor 98.92 (2006): 14.Newspaper Source. EBSCO. Web. 9 May 2011.

She's more of a 'Brick'-out hit

This article is about Nora Zehetner, who plays Laura, a rich girl who helps high school gumshoe Brendan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) find his ex-girlfriend's killer. She plays a high school femme fatale in the Sundance hit “Brick”. The review is about her and what she thinks of the film. And a little of her background and how she got the part in the film.

Sharon, Knolle. "She's more of a 'Brick'-out hit." USA Today n.d.: Newspaper Source. EBSCO. Web. 9 May 2011.

Here's looking at you, kid (and your film)

"Brick" is a teen movie like no other, because it carries the elaborate plot and staccato dialogue of a film noir straight out of the 1940s. The guy with the most to say is Brendan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a moody detective who cracks heads and tracks down clues. The article talks about how this film is one of the best film noir because of the storyline. In the article it says that the detective is a young boy in high school and its perfect for film noir.

Villarreal, Phil. "Here's looking at you, kid (and your film)." Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ) (2006):Newspaper Source. EBSCO. Web. 9 May 2011.