Jack, I like your definition of "Screwed." However, I've been
thinking about miker's question about what separates modern
(or should that be modernist?) noir from the antecedents he
mentions. In my mind, part of it seems to do with "the city."
Although I can think of exceptions (for instance, Daniel
Woodrell and Joe Lansdale), the city sees to me to be an
integral part in my idea of noir.
Mark
ps -- also, wasn't "M" an early talkie (albeit with subtitles
in the US)?
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