From Scandi noir to Tassie noir: Victoria Madden’s adapting auteurship of noir in Australian television

Title
From Scandi noir to Tassie noir: Victoria Madden’s adapting auteurship of noir in Australian television
Publication Date
2024-12-26
Author(s)
Brammer, Rebekah
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1531-6162
Email: rbramme2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:rbramme2
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Intellect Ltd
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1386/ajpc_00093_1
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/71781
Abstract

Tasmanian writer/producer Victoria Madden has made no secret of the influence of Scandinavian noir (also known as Nordic noir) on her work. After working in the United Kingdom and Ireland on several prestige television productions, Madden moved back to her native Tasmania and created two locally set and shot limited television series: The Kettering Incident (2016) and The Gloaming (2020). These well-received crime series – dubbed ‘Tassie noir’ by the local press – have staked out a place within the wider emerging genre of Australian noir and the perennially popular global television crime market. The Tasmanian landscape lends itself to comparison with Scandi and other European ‘noirs’ (such as Scots noir) due to its climate and topography, as well as for depicting crime narratives set in remote or marginal places. Looming mountains, treacherous coastlines and cold, rainy weather all contribute to their gothic-noir style. This article will examine Madden’s two programmes in comparison with two classic Scandi noir series, Forbrydelsen (The Killing) (2007–12) and Bron | Broen (The Bridge) (2011–18), tracing commonalties in narrative construction, character, mood and the use of landscape.

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Citation
Australasian Journal of Popular Culture, 13(2), p. 125-136
ISSN
2045-5860
2045-5852
Start page
125
End page
136

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