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BaxDeal@aol.com wrote:
> Match Point isn't noir in the Doherty
definition.
> it isn't dark and
> sinister in its presentation. it isn't
> atmospheric. it's noir in the Bludis
> sense. it's a very dark story that has a very
dark
> ending
>
> Jonathan Rhys-Myers does a great job as the
social
> climbing protagonist. he
> literally vibrates with claustrophobia as he
tries
> to pretend that nothing
> happened
>
> and again, if that ending isn't noir, then
nothing
> is
>
> John Lau
***************************************************** John,
the subtlety of the film is the way it plays with light and
dark in much the same way Hitchcock did in STRANGERS ON A
TRAIN. Note that Rhys-Myers and Johansson trist first in the
pouring rain. And the difference in the light in her
apartment and in Rhys-Myers' home.
Patrick King
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