--- Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Aren't there a few movies made from Chandler's
work
> that are considered noir?
>
I don't want to start a whole thing over this but I don't
consider Chandler or Hammett or Spillane as noir. And that's
not based on the fact that novels and stories with Philip
Marlowe could be considered a series (in reference to the
original post) but because they're of a completely different
sensibility. Granted, I may be alone in this definition but
the more I research what two French critics actually
meant
(and didn't coin) I feel more strongly than ever. I might as
well go with both barrels and say that I don't think
Siodmak's The Killers or John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle is
noir. Don't get me wrong, I love both flicks. In my world,
what can be considered noir is much, much smaller than what
most other people think. The French filmmakers had it right
from the getgo. Not the critics. The filmmakers.
And I'll articulate it better in essays since it does eat up
a lot of space.
William
William
Essays and Ramblings
<http://www.williamahearn.com>
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