I would agree. One might argue there is danger in Lot 49, but
only if you
see as dangerous either being paranoid or discovering that
America (70s) is
objectified paranoia. Not quite noir, either in character
attitude or
menace, it seems to me. In a sense, noir is a certitude, a
definite
shading in the world, and this certitude is exactly what you
don't have in
most postmodern fantasy.
Of the late century writers (they seem more modern than
postmodern), it
seems to me that playwrights like Pinter and Mamet, like some
of the French
New Wave directors, get the menace and sometimes the crime
into their work.
I'm reminded that Tarantino thought of Travolta for Pulp
Fiction, in part
because he had seen his film performance in Pinter's "Dumb
Waiter," which
involves two hit men waiting for their victim.
Bill Hagen
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