Btw. My definition for psychotic noir is noir where the
protagonist is broken to the point where their view of the
world and their place in it is badly scewed. Their thought
process tends to be badly twisted, but still makes perfect
sense to them - or at least can be rationalized to make sense
to them. Killer Inside Me, Pop. 1280 and Hell of a Woman are
good examples of this type of noir.
Double Indemnity and Postman Always Rings Twice are great
examples of more traditional noir. The protagonists view of
the world is fairly sane, but due to character flaws and
weaknesses they cross the line with their action knowing full
well what they're doing, but deluding themselves that they
can get away with it.
Dave Z.
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