--- Terrill Lankford <
lankford2000@earthlink.net> wrote:
It's your
> attitude that seems to scream "I'm an expert
and
> what I say goes!" that I question. (And if
I'm
> somehow misreading your posts, I apologize
in
> advance.)
I think you are misreading my posts. To answer about my
slamming the door, consider this: I was harassed and
belittled for saying, among other things that (a) Nino
Frank's statement about noir in 1946 was "off hand" and (b)
for saying that Mickey Spillane wasn't noir.
So I left and did my homework. Nino Frank's statement about
noir in 1946 was in fact an offhand one (and it seems as if
I'm the only one who bothered to read it in the last 30
years) and Mickey Spillane himself denied being a noir writer
in print. (In fact he stated it in the same volume that a
poster here used to prove he was.) In response to the essay
on my website I got several supportive emails from people who
knew Mickey Spillane to say that what I quoted was exactly
what he meant.
Granted, I may be a bit abrasive at worst and an acquired
taste at best but I have never in any shape or form even
hinted that I was an expert at anything. What I'm trying to
solicit from those who disagree with me is an articulate
description of noir. There is a method to the madness and it
has nothing to do with me thinking I'm an expert but it has a
lot to do with a learning experience. My feeling is that
Raymond Borde and Etienne Chaumeton totally screwed the pooch
when they wrote "Panorama" and it triggered a host of
academics and film theorists who continued to pollute the
mess that "Panorama" began. As I mentioned in an earlier
post, I'm over it. This is not the place to do this since
apparently there some is hostility toward this kind of
discussion. So I'll just lurk from now. As for being rude and
insulting I think me and this list are just about even.
William
Essays and Ramblings
<http://www.williamahearn.com>
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