But weren't the majority of noir directors ex-pat
Europeans?
JAA
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> Johnny,
>
> Re your comment below:
>
> > It's no wonder the Europeans
> > invented the noir cinema;
> > they already had the words for it:
Schadenfreude,
> > welschmertz, ennui
>
> Europenas didn't invent film noir. Americans
did.
> Europeans, specifically French critics,
most
> specifically whoever wrote the article
entitled
> something along the lines of "America Has Noir
Films,
> Too," invented the name.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
>
>
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