--- Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Again, I mean this in all seriousness and not in
any
> way being a wisenheimer but . . . considered
by
> whom?
>
> *******************
> The only reason you ask about who considers some
of
> Chandler's movies to be noir is so I can play
the
> straight man for your lead-in to why it isn't
noir.
>
Not so. If you say such-and-such is noir because a, b, and c
say it is noir, then that is an answer. In this case, it's
IMDB lists it as noir. I'm really not a wisenheimer. All I'm
trying to do is to find the definition that includes say
"Dark Passasge" (or "In A Lonely Place"), "The Big Sleep" (or
another private eye film) and say "The Asphalt Jungle." All
are considered noir by some but not by me and all I'm looking
for -- and not necessarily from you -- is the unified field
theory that says these are noir.
William
Essays and Ramblings
<http://www.williamahearn.com>
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