Jay Gertzman said:
>>The film's drive-by-night scenes are
wonderful.
But damn it, how can it be noir, with justice being done,
crime not paying, and Nick marrying the sexy sultry as his
buddies cheer?<<
Sounds like its not noir, but I've never seen or read
either.
>>It's about as noir as Bogart and
Bacall's _Big Sleep_ or _Dark Passage_.<<
I've never thought of Chandler or Hammett's
"Maltese Falcon as noir.
>>Shouldn't there be another
term for such films to distinguish them from ones
such as _Chinatown_,
_The Asphalt Jungle_, _The Killing_, _Detour_, or _Odds
Against Tomorrow_?<<
Their probably should be another name. Jim Doherty's "Dark
and Sinister" may fit the others. But, for me, "noir" is very
special and few written pieces qualify.
Now noir??? How about Hemingway's book "To Have and Have
Not?" The movie is definitely not noir. I think the book
definitely is noir.
It might be nice to discuss the diffeences between the book
and the movie and why one is and one is not.
Jack
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