Clendon wrote:
Another question, which is perhaps neither noir nor hard
boiled, isn't love a moral quality? And if so what are to
make of Sam's love for Brigid?
Of course, if he hadn't loved her, he wouldn't have
been screwed, hence noir. And if he hadn't thrown her over to
the police, he would not have been tough, hence hard
boiled.
************ I would be willing to say that Mother Theresa's
love had a moral quality. For more than a few, though, love
emanates primarily from below the waist. I don't picture Sam
wearing a habit.
I don't see Hammett's novel THE MALTESE FALCON as noir. If
Sam had succumbed to Brigid's charms and not turned her in,
the book might have taken a turn down a dark noir
alley.
miker
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