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Volume 11, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 2042-7824
  • E-ISSN: 2042-7832

Abstract

Nordic Noir has emerged as an increasingly codified set of aesthetic, political and philosophical televisual elements. compresses these elements, subjecting them to the crucible of short film. This article investigates the dramatic potential of stripping back cross-genre tropes to reveal the defining characteristics of a newly emergent format.

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