On 25 January 2001, Schooley wrote:
: I think, for me, that's the difference between hardboiled
and noir. I
: think noir deals with motivation. Action adventure can be
hardboiled,
: but straight run-em-down-and-shoot-em-up is not noir, in my
opinion.
Mine neither, but there's some pretty purple noir out there
that's way over the top. Some Woolrich, for example. Some
violent hardboiled stuff can be quiet because the lead is
cool and focused. For example, say, THE NAME OF THE GAME IS
DEATH by Dan J. Marlowe, or early Matt Helms. Earl Drake and
Matt Helm, being professionals, and telling their stories in
the first person, are on the quiet side (or so it seems in
memory). Some of the stories in HARDBOILED, that anthology we
read a couple of years ago, were very hard, but also
quiet.
Bill
-- William Denton : Toronto, Canada : http://www.miskatonic.org/ : Caveat lector.
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