Mark wrote:
And the evil characters are pure evil. That seems to be part
of noir for me, characters confronting their own morality,
what they will and will not do to get what they want.
************ Great post, Mark, even though I snipped most of
it. Your comment about Sin City being noirish but not noir is
very revealing concerning the difference in perceptions in
rara-avis between noir as atmosphere and noir as
content.
However, I find your comment about evil characters being pure
evil in noir as odd. Some might be, but some are little more
than immoral opportunists. I don't think of Cora or Frank
from Cain's Postman as pure evil. Same case for the
bankrobbers in Thieves Like Us. Even scheming Stanley of
Nightmare Alley seems more greedy than evil. I don't see any
real evil in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
miker
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