I Saw the TV Glow
Not so much neo-noir as neon-noir, I Saw the TV Glow is Jane Schoenbrun’s follow-up to We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, and continues in much the same vein, interrogating identity and authenticity in psychic landscapes constructed from online memes. Pink and orange are the key colours, though it’s shot dark like a noir, often at night, and has problematical sexuality lurking beneath the surface, as noir so often does. Its story is about a smaltown girl too mixed up for these tame streets and the white-knight male who rides to her rescue and is entirely out of his depth – see almost every noir female/male coupling for more details. It’s the … Read more
