Re: RARA-AVIS: An Interview of Interest

From: Nathan Cain ( IndieCrime@gmail.com)
Date: 07 Mar 2008


Did he say Jimmy Stewart? I didn't catch that.

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 7:28 PM, blumenidiot < blumenidiot@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Even when the author says the main character of Double
> Indemnity is played by Jimmy Stewart? I don't think
> The Maltese Falcon is noir thematically either.
> Mark
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> --- Nathan Cain < IndieCrime@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > A while ago I posted about the forthcoming book Arts
> > of Darkness by
> > Thomas Hibbs.
> > ( Amazon link:
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> http://www.amazon.com/Arts-Darkness-American-Quest-Redemption/dp/1890626716/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204931077&sr=8-1)
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> > There is now an interview with Hibbs at the National
> > Review Online, a
> > publication for which he is a film reviewer. It's
> > about film noir, and
> > I realize film has been a controversial topic of
> > late, but this is
> > worth listening to. He's a pretty thoughtful guy.
> > Topics include the
> > definition of noir (really, it's the second question
> > the interviewer
> > asks. I'm gonna guess he's not a member of this
> > list.), Marxist
> > interpretations of the The Maltese Falcon, whether
> > noir films have a
> > special appeal to conservatives, the nexus between
> > horror and noir.
> > It's not a bad interview overall and it makes me
> > want to read the
> > book. Here's the interview.
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> http://radio.nationalreview.com/betweenthecovers/post/?q=NGU4OWU4OWQ1ZGJjMDFmOGYxODAzNjI1YmU2ZDEzM2E=
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