On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 06:02 AM, RARA-AVIS Digest
wrote:
> And to make it clear, at the risk of repeating
myself,
> I'm not saying that every crime film since 1962,
even
> the ones self-consciously using noir
visual
> sytlistics, has been bad. Or even that they're not
as
> good as "classic noir." All I'm saying is
that
> they're not really film noir.
Some of us who are less knowledgeable, and therefore tagging
along breathlessly here, may be getting confused by
detail.
Does this mean that "really film noir" is to be defined quite
simply as ANY* black and white film shot WITH* heavy contrast
IN* the USA BETWEEN* 1941 and 1962 (I presume you're talking
Maltese Falcon to Cape Fear?) - and that's all there is to
really film noir?
Well, I could certainly design a course called "Film 302"
using those criteria, but I'd expect my captive audience to
give me an argument about it.
Marianne
*Emphasis, Rene, not shouting! :-p
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