Kerry,
Re your comments below:
> Except, of course, that dark and sinister
atmospherics, while often
> employed in noir, are not the defining
characteristic of noir.
Not only are they the defining characterstics of noir. They
are the ONLY defining characteristics of noir.
But even if you disagree with that, the notion that something
that would otherwise be hard-boiled or noir but for its
political focus is fallacious.
JIM DOHERTY
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