I watched Brick when I was 16 or so and had very little reference to noir conventions and such - found the aesthetic interesting and then went back and watched a bunch of classic ones, so had a sort of reverse experience from someone seeing the homages. Then I went on to base my entire personality on it and now wander around town at night in a trenchcoat trying to save femme fatales (it will work some day).
I watched Brick when I was 16 or so and had very little reference to noir conventions and such - found the aesthetic interesting and then went back and watched a bunch of classic ones, so had a sort of reverse experience from someone seeing the homages. Then I went on to base my entire personality on it and now wander around town at night in a trenchcoat trying to save femme fatales (it will work some day).
Haha