on 10/10/00 9:59 AM, Juri Nummelin at
jurnum@utu.fi wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, a.n.smith wrote:
>
>> Vice versa, know of any books' reputations that
have been "saved" by good
>> movies?
>
> Isn't much of the paperback revival of the eighties
and nineties at
> least a little bit due to the French new wave films,
like Truffaut's
> "Shoot the Piano Player"?
>
> Juri
>
Although not a noir book (I think..) Morvina's (wrong
spelling?) Contempt also sold well as a reissue. Most of the
buyers were aware of the Godard version with Jack Palance and
Brigitte Bardot.
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