Questionnaire results (by Caroline Chicken)

I noticed that people answered the first question (“what do you expect from a crime thriller?”) expected the same things from a crime thriller as a noir film; criminals (all), detectives (all) , violence/gunfights (9) and city settings (4). All these are themes used in film noirs. Blade runner was the most mentioned crime thriller in question three as 4 people put it down. Question three had the most varied responses but almost all (8) described an action sequence of some kind e.g the car chase in “the bourne identity”. Only four people ticked yes on the fourth question, 2 put down “sunset boulevard” and the others put “the big sleep” and “in a lonely place” these were filled in by older participants (aged 47 to 60) so they would be more familiar with the classic film noirs. No one ticked yes on question five, film noir is still a rarely used term. All ten participants ticked the first box (enigmas and intrigue), dark storylines were also popular as 6 people ticked that box.