tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post116917440247454591..comments2024-03-28T11:13:05.893-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: Magic BulletJ. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-1169508237561025782007-01-22T15:23:00.000-08:002007-01-22T15:23:00.000-08:00Except two world wars and the intervening depressi...Except two world wars and the intervening depression kinda made it clear to everyone that Larger Forces, whether historical, economic, sociological, religious or some combination, had pretty much made it clear that No One was in complete control of human affairs, if anyone hadn't already noticed this in the previous generation's suffering at the hands of natural forces.<BR/><BR/>Part of the reason noir was such a popular mode, well before it was named, and literary naturalism before it.<BR/><BR/>But, then, I've never thought much of Marcus's thought, borrowed or otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-1169467797460577302007-01-22T04:09:00.000-08:002007-01-22T04:09:00.000-08:00And it's also the time when film noir finally coll...And it's also the time when film noir finally collapsed, after some late bursts, such as STARK FEAR from 1961. The same had also happened with books - Dorothy Hughes's last novel, THE EXPENDABLE, from 1963, could very well be the last vintage noir novel. <BR/><BR/>Great theory, that one. I like it.Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.com