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Monsieur Spade
''Monsieur Spade'' is a neo-noir television miniseries created by Scott Frank and Tom Fontana, and starring Clive Owen as Dashiell Hammett's fictional private detective Sam Spade. Premise The series was originally released in the United States by AMC Networks, which provided the following synopsis: Cast Main * Clive Owen as Sam Spade * Cara Bossom as Teresa * Denis Ménochet as Chief of Police Patrice Michaud * Louise Bourgoin as Marguerite Devereaux * Chiara Mastroianni as Gabrielle * Stanley Weber as Jean-Pierre Devereaux * Matthew Beard (English actor), Matthew Beard as George Fitzsimmons * Jonathan Zaccaï as Philippe Saint-André * Rebecca Root as Cynthia Fitzsimmons * Oscar Lesage as Henri Thibaut The following actors are credited with the main cast for the episodes in which they appear: * Dean Winters as Father Matthew * Alfre Woodard as Virginia Dell Recurring * Caroline Silhol as Audrey Saint-André * Clotilde Mollet as Helena Thibaut * Vincent Nemeth as Doctor Pou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neo-noir
Neo-noir is a film genre that adapts the visual style and themes of 1940s and 1950s American film noir for contemporary audiences, often with more graphic depictions of violence and sexuality. During the late 1970s and the early 1980s, the term "neo-noir" surged in popularity, fueled by movies such as Sydney Pollack's '' Absence of Malice'', Brian De Palma's '' Blow Out'', and Martin Scorsese's '' After Hours''. The French term ''film noir'' translates literally to English as "black film", indicating sinister stories often presented in a shadowy cinematographic style. Neo-noir has a similar style but with updated themes, content, style, and visual elements. Definition The neologism neo-noir, using the Greek prefix for the word ''new'', is defined by Mark Conard as "any film coming after the classic noir period that contains noir themes and noir sensibility". Another definition describes it as later noir that often synthesizes diverse genres while foregrounding the scaffolding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |