At 10:27 PM 20/12/2006 +0000, you wrote:
>'Screwed' is close but it doesn't take attitude into
account. You
>can strap a man in an electric chair and fry his
brains but if he
>doesn't give a shit, it's not noir.
>
>Mortality has always been a fundamental part of noir
for me.
>Consequently, I'd suggest that noir might be defined
as 'a
>confrontation with death by someone ill-equipped to
deal with it'.
It's an interesting idea Al. Rather than spinning out of
control, this guy's world is unfolding, presumably, as he
believes it should. But in accepting that fate, hasn't he
adopted a noir philosophy?
Have we entered the realm of trying to interpret the author's
intentions?
Best, Kerry
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>Michael Robison
><miker_zspider@...> wrote:
> >
> > Mark: I'm down with Jack's "screwed"
definition.
> >
> > John Lau: if we want to take a vote, so am
I
> >
> > **************
> > I'll jump on this wagon. The Harry Potter books
have
> > a dark and sinister atmosphere, but I don't
think I'd
> > indentify them as noir.
> >
> > miker
> >
> >
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