Juri Nummelin (jurnum@utu.fi)
Wed, 1 Sep 1999 17:41:20 +0300 (EET DST)
On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Etienne Borgers wrote:
> On the contrary, 'Kiss Me Deadly' is a Noir film.
A
> crime film by Robert Aldrich, with Spillane's PI.
It
> is not a SF film, even if it carries some
surreal
> settings.
Aurum Film Encyclopedia lists it as science fiction film. I
don't know why
- all the events in the film seem to have a rational
explanation. But then again, who carries an atomic bomb in a
bag?
> FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956) is an excellent SF film,
one
> of the bests of this period, but definitely
not
> Noir... even if it carries some pessimistic
traits.
> It was said at the time that the storyline was
taken
> from Shakespeare's "Tempest".
Shakespeare is right, but the film is deeply influenced by
Freudian psychoanalysis (well, not very deeply..) and so was
film noir. "Forbidden Planet" was made under the same
influences as most of film noir.
> Other genres influenced by Noir: war
films
At least Stanley Kubrick's "Fear and Desire" comes to mind
and some Samuel Fuller's films.
> I listed films for each category "under influence"
on
> my web pages.
I'll have to look that up.
Juri jurnum@utu.fi
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