Juri wrote:
"Actually the noir cycle started already with the WWII (or
even before, one might argue). Take "The Maltese Falcon" for
instance. Not all the war time entertainment was fluff. . . .
Post-war anxiety is more complex matter than just the men
being exhausted from war."
John Huston also directed Let There Be Light, a
semi-documentary film made for the government about the
effects of war on returning vets. Has anyone seen this film?
It's available from www.historicvideos.com (for a pretty
reasonable price, $25), but I haven't gotten around to
ordering it.
And a lot of fictional PIs are returning vets. I did a paper
a long time ago that found there were booms in new PIs in the
immediate post-war periods of the 20th century. Perhaps the
PIs' independence was a response to the lack of same in the
military?
Mark
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