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Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Sunday, March 12, 2023

Noir or Not Noir” (Part 2)

In various Film Noir related chat rooms, I’ve been routinely asked whether certain films should be classified as “Film Noir.”

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Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Friday, February 10, 2023

In Facebook chatrooms that focus on films noir, there are always those who challenge others as to what is or is not qualified to be categorised as such. In the latest pronouncement that I saw, someone kept insisting (without explaining “why”) colour films made during the classic time period in the U.S. (i.e. 1940 - 1958) could not be considered film noir.

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