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Darlene
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Sep 22, 2011 01:43PM
What is your favorite piece of noir work? Book and film.
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Hi Darlene,
Oh gosh, so many. Anything by James M. Cain and Raymond Chandler. Hollywood Confidential by James Ellroy, and the darn good movie that was made of it. But my favorite futuristic noir movie is definitely Blade Runner. It's got all the tropes of classic detective fiction: World-weary Harrison Ford the 'blade runner,' femme fatale Sean Young who has an extra secret surprise up her sleeve, and the Replicants themselves, so oddly compelling and sympathetic as they flee the law.
What about other readers?
Oh gosh, so many. Anything by James M. Cain and Raymond Chandler. Hollywood Confidential by James Ellroy, and the darn good movie that was made of it. But my favorite futuristic noir movie is definitely Blade Runner. It's got all the tropes of classic detective fiction: World-weary Harrison Ford the 'blade runner,' femme fatale Sean Young who has an extra secret surprise up her sleeve, and the Replicants themselves, so oddly compelling and sympathetic as they flee the law.
What about other readers?


