--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
"I seem to remember that a college professor of mine, Douglas
Gomery, wrote an article about film noir's distinctive look
coming from studios cutting costs by lowering the wattage of
the lighting on their movies."
Hence the Robert Mitchum's quote; "Hell, we didn't know what
film noir was in those days. We were just making movies. Cary
Grant and all the big stars at RKO got all the lights. We lit
our sets with cigarette butts."
-Beej
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