Film Noir Outcome - Social awareness.

For this Film Noir outcome I want to be pretty socially aware as this will cement the background and basis of the whole film. The Film Noir genre was very popular during the 1930's Great Depression, and it's quite evident in all Film Noir films. Since I'm doing a Modern adaptation I want to 'update' this element, we don't have a Depression, but we sure do have a Recession. This is a good modern adaptation, I could even have my protagonist jobless, and the femme fatale offering some sort of new pathway for him?

Also, Amelia found an interesting quote which I can link into this as well:

'The American belief of individual responsibility added a devasting psychological burden of guilt to the physical want of those who lost their jobs in the Great Depression' Robert McElvaine.

This adds an interesting idea, that I could express a deeper, psychological aspect of people losing their jobs and feel like their whole world is collapsing.

Amelia's idea revolves around:

"I have this basic idea that the man could be feeling the burden of the individualistic society and 'american dream' (all that stuff about freedom translating into pressure to succeed in all areas which is relevant to Britain too) combined with the traditional male role of breadwinner, dominant, sexist etc so that the woman plays on traditional femininity - passive, inviting rather than promiscuous sexuality, sensual, dependent on man - so that he doesn't realise shes a threat thus allowing her to fuck him over. But this would have to be done more or less in private as women are kept out of the public arena on many levels. If its a public demise, she would have to be extra sneaky so it doesnt appear to be done by a woman - that is if you are going to play on the stereotypes."

I like this idea, we can develop this a tad further and I reckon I'll be ready to write my script for it.

Jamie