Femme Fatale
Film noir contains elements which support the theme and the film noir theme gets served by codes and conventions. An example is the femme fatale. The femme fatale in film noir serves the purpose of bringing the protagonist into danger. However, the femme fatales can be broken into two types. There is the one that brings the protagonist purposely into danger, and theres the femme fatale that does not do it on purpose. Emily in Brick is the femme fatale and tells Brandon, the protagonist, to not care about her since things have gotten too intense. Brandon is in love with Emily and therefore he starts the adventure into the underworld of criminals.
The femme fatale ties the protagonist further into the knot of problems. The protagonist gets pulled into a world of wealth, corruption and drugs, which are also elements of the underworld in film noir. Example in brick is when Brandon gets kidnapped and brought to The Pin. This is the first time Brandon is seriously in danger and the first time he has contact to the world of wealth, corruption and drugs. A twist in the story leads Brandon to cooperate with the underworld, just in order to get the information he wants, which is extremely dangerous, but at the same time extremely brave and clever.
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