Mario wrote:
"The word "noir" is polysemic, in particular when it's used
in expressions such as "film noir" and "noir novel". Some
apply to designate a style, others to designate content.
Besides, classifications are not really worth that much,
certainly not when compared to the story, which is the thing.
If I give you a bicycle and tell you it's an airplane, you
may be momentarily puzzled but you still ride it, you still
use it as a bicycle. The same if someone says that a film or
a novel is "noir". Not a big deal."
Or, to paraphrase Rene Magritte: "Ce n'est pas un
noir."
Mark
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