--- Patrick King <
abrasax93@yahoo.com> wrote:
Personally, I think Sillitoe's
> novelas are every bit as noir as Jim
Thompson's.
>
If you can't see how The Loneliness of the Long Distance
Runner is diametrically opposed thematically and in its
resolution from Savage Night, I can't have this converstaion.
Colin Smith, the runner, triumphs in the film and he does it
on his own terms. It is one of my fave flick and I wrote it
up here:
http://www.williamahearn.com/runner.html
Patrick, I'm thinking you're joking with all of this.
William
Essays and Ramblings
<http://www.williamahearn.com>
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