Neo-noir noir. The film directors knowingly refer to 'classic noir' in the use of tilted camera angles, interplay of light and shadows, unbalanced framing; blurring of the lines between good and bad and right and wrong, and a motif of revenge, paranoia, and alienation, among other sensibilities. The term "neo-noir" is a contraction of the phrase "new film noir", using the Greek prefix for the word "new" rendered as "neo" (from the Greek "neo"). "Noir", when used as an isolated term in film theory and critique, is a short form reference to "film noir". As a neologism, neo-noir is defined by
A Woman Hitting a Neo-Nazi With Her Handbag A Woman Hitting a Neo-Nazi With Her Handbag A Woman Hitting a Neo-Nazi With Her Handbag (, lit. "The woman with the handbag") is a photograph taken in Växjö, Sweden on 13 April 1985 by Hans Runesson. It depicts a 38-year-old woman hitting a marching neo-nazi with a handbag. The photograph was taken during a demonstration of the Nordic Reich Party supporters. It was published in the next day's "Dagens Nyheter" and a day later in some British newspapers. Runesson's photograph was selected as the Swedish Picture of the Year ("Årets bild") 1985 and later as the Picture of the