tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post6626850669686546349..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': The Rules of Film NoirMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-45316645711275555982010-02-24T04:47:03.027+00:002010-02-24T04:47:03.027+00:00My favorite bit of recent noir enlightenment came ...My favorite bit of recent noir enlightenment came when I read that many American movies of the sort that would later be called films noirs were originally thought of as melodramas.<br /><br />I thought of this, too, when I saw <i>Odd Man Out</i> recently and read that it, too, had been called noir. It seems more melodramatic to me, and not necessarily in a bad way.<br /> ================ <br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-9418277728206459902010-02-22T17:58:19.838+00:002010-02-22T17:58:19.838+00:00Many thanks for these comments.
Seana, interestin...Many thanks for these comments. <br />Seana, interesting and plausible suggestion.<br />Steve, you win, precise definition is impossible/pointless (rather like precise definition of 'crime fiction'?)<br />Minnie - naturellement!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-34291774844115467972010-02-21T20:21:25.735+00:002010-02-21T20:21:25.735+00:00Eh ben voyons, Martin - ce fameux film noir, c'...Eh ben voyons, Martin - ce fameux film noir, c'est plutot une invention francaise non ;-)?Minniehttp://minniebeaniste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-21391311539737539812010-02-21T04:07:26.359+00:002010-02-21T04:07:26.359+00:00I'm far, far from being an expert on any of th...I'm far, far from being an expert on any of this. But I'm wondering if the European experience was perhaps necessary to add a little weight to the film industry in Hollywood. After all, the days are sunny much of the time, and people here don't carry the weight of the past in the same way. It may have taken a European in exile to imbue American film with the idea that things aren't rosy just because you'd like to believe so.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-13429772307847652842010-02-21T02:43:30.310+00:002010-02-21T02:43:30.310+00:00Martin, If you ever find two people who agree exac...Martin, If you ever find two people who agree exactly on a definition of film noir, and which movies are in and which aren't, let me know.<br /><br />Bet you can't, though!<br /><br /> --- SteveSteve Lewishttp://www.mysteryfile.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-80334318681387794322010-02-20T13:56:19.879+00:002010-02-20T13:56:19.879+00:00I haven't looked much into the film noir movie...I haven't looked much into the film noir movies. I believe I've seen the postman always rings twice but I should go back and watch a few films in this style.<br /><br />annAnn Elle Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-43771913744687550942010-02-20T12:33:36.967+00:002010-02-20T12:33:36.967+00:00I do really enjoy the dark humor in noir...actuall...I do really enjoy the dark humor in noir...actually, the dark everything, I suppose. I love the ones where an innocent person is suddenly caught up in a desperate situation. I didn't realize the European influences...very interesting!<br /><br />ElizabethElizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.com