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Thread #137340 Message #3146233
Posted By: MGM·Lion
02-May-11 - 03:48 AM
Thread Name: BS: Old black & white film noir favorites
Subject: RE: BS: Old black & white film noir favorites
Good summary, robo; but disagree re White Heat: the Cagney character, the antihero, ends up dead: "Top of the world, Ma!" An antihero rather than a hero is one of the noir indicators, surely? Cf Macbeth, arguably Will's pièce noire?