I love noir, films, books, crime stories, westerns, graphic
novels, short stories, music...but I would never go as far as
calling it a Œphilo¹...as far as I understand (and learned
way back in lyc饠over there and college here) philos are quite
a bit larger in scope than noir; noir maybe a sub
genre/trend/movement...whatever....within a philosophy but I
doubt it stands alone as one...and in any case I never saw
any literature or criticism along those lines...but maybe my
info is outdated???...I welcome your input on those
lines...
...and it stems positively from Œa point of view¹...a world
view...that¹s for sure.
I don¹t understand though your reference to Harry
Potter???...which is part of the Œfantastique¹ or imaginary
or the old peplums of yesteryears, or any other
definition/attribution you want to give it but I don¹t get
the Œnoir¹ reference...Please infrom us...
Thanks in advance,
Montois
On 1/31/07 6:12 PM, "Michael Robison" <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote: John Lau wrote:
>
> I consider noir a philosophy or point of view,
rather
> than stylistic trappings.
>
> *************
> I do too. The stylistic trappings are there
to
> reinforce the philosophy. You can take away the
dark
> style and the noir philosophy still
remains.
> Anderson's Thieves Like Us.
>
> But the dark mood alone does not noir make.
Harry
> Potter.
>
> miker
>
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