Re: RARA-AVIS: More Thoughts on Noir?

From: Dave Zeltserman ( dz@hardluckstories.com)
Date: 21 May 2007


--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, BaxDeal@... wrote:
>
> > Certainly both film and literary versions of OUT OF THE PAST
qualify 
> > (but not AGAINST ALL ODDS, which is simply "film nah"). And THE 
> > MALTESE FALCON III is definitely noir, as is CHINATOWN, MURDER MY 
> > SWEET, NIGHT MOVES, THE CONVERSATION, THE LONG GOODBYE and a slew
of 
> > others. And they all revolve around P.I.s.
> >
>
> Memento, while not a private eye story, is a mystery nonetheless and
most
> certainly noir
>
> John Lau
>

There's also Blood Simple, and of course, one of the most noirish movies ever made, Angel Heart...



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