Dear Birds:
>>Al: "I'm off to try and track down
that
>>most illusive subgenre, blanc noir."
>Kerry: "Ah yes, the one with the cold and snowy
atmosphere, >frequently populated by hard-frozen
characters uttering stiff >colloquialisms."
Sounds like The Thing (1951) to me!
Dark and sinister - check. (fits Jim's definition) cold and
snowy - check. hard-frozen characters uttering stiff
colloquialisms - check. a murder - check. (fits Jim's
definition)
We needn't even consider whether anybody makes any bad
choices (altho there are several, particularly from the
scientist); whether anybody acts heroically (tho most of the
players do - which would negate its noirish-ness for most of
us); or style (there are plenty of stylistically noir
flourishes).
LOL,
-dc
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