At 09:49 PM 31/07/2007, you wrote:
>Kerry J. Schooley wrote:
>
>Noir is about our inability, collectively
and
>individually, to stop behaving in ways contrary
to
>what we believe, morally, legally, ethically
etc.
>
>*************
>That's determinism. I don't see that as the
main
>theme of noir. Just the opposite.
I don't think what I described, or that by denying the
possibility of transcendence that noir falls into the
category of determinism. Noir does recognize that there are
determining forces at work in the world, culture and concepts
of morality for instance. The success of these forces varies,
and that is generally how we define their power, which
invariably corrupts. Still, powerful or otherwise we do have
many choices in ways to screw up, and that does seem to be
what noir explores, for entertainment and insight. I don't
see how that becomes determinism.
Best, Kerry
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