> My definition is pretty narrow. If there's no
downward spiral too hell,
> if there's no psychic damage and sense of doom, it's
not noir. Quoting
> Eddie Muller's definition of noir (as taken from Ken
Bruen's foreward
> for a new edition of Miami Purity), "starts bad and
gets worse." That's
> noir. At least that's my narrow
definiton.
One more example of this outside the genre, is the
forthcoming movie Manolete, which is based on Barnaby
Conrad's book and will star Adrien Brody
(who actually looks like the matador Manolete). You know that
Manolete is doomed to be killed by the bull, but it makes for
compelling reading and, we're hopeful, great watching.
Jeff
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