Kevin wrote:
> And personally, I'm not even sure KISS ME DEADLY
qualifies as
essential noir, or even a
> particularly effective example of the genre. To me,
it seems dated
and clumsy in a way
> much older -- and better -- film noirs don't. I
always think of it
more as a Cold War
> paranoia film more than a crime film.
Next thing you'll be telling us that Citizen Kane isn't well-
directed, or that The Maltese Falcon isn't well-written, or
that Bix Beiderbecke didn't really know how to play the
trumpet, or that Picasso's brush technique was lousy...
(Note to self: calm down.)
Ah, the singularity of opinions is an amazing thing, as this
list continually proves.
Mark
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