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So Much Murder, So Much Dialogue
This week I read the noir stories of The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Killers, and A Matter of Procedure. The trope of having to murder someone for an obscure or unknown reason appears in all of these stories. Frank and Cora kill the innocent character of …
Read MoreNo happy endings? Noir you kidding me?
The question of “what is noir?” cannot be answered in just one concrete, full-proof definition. This is evident strictly from the four readings that I explored this week. Although “The Postman Always Rings Twice”, “The Killers”, “The Shadow”, and “Debris” all vary in form, setting, plot, and many other elements; …
Read MoreDeception, Murder, Intrigue, and Suspense…Oh my
Our noir readings took me for a spin this week. My emotions were all over the place. There were times when I liked particular characters and other times when I went against them.
With regards to The Postman Always Rings Twice, I did’t really realize how I felt until I …
Read MoreThe Shadow
This reading didn’t impress me much but must say still see noir there! You’ve got the crime, murder and drunks present. Definitely sultry and noir materials. I found it to be a very twisted plot in this script and not sure I like readings like this. A lot of he …
Read MoreReading Noir…
The Shadow “The Death Triangle” was definitely my favorite to read. Once I actually figured out who all the characters were (it’s a lot of names to keep straight) I was right on the edge of my seat the whole story. The part where they flashback to their time stranded …
Read MoreTime is Chasing After All of Us
One of the assignments this week was to read for different pieces of noir and reflect on them.
I started with reading The Postman Always Rings Twice. It was a pretty good story. It took me a little while to get used to this type of writing, but once I …
Read MorePostman Always Rings Twice
Oh my, I must say I had to keep reading I couldn’t put it down even with the fast pace in how things were happening. Noir is seen here as it is black, full of crime, and of course there’s dames involved. Boy talk about tropes, he wrote “but she …
Read MoreNoir in different writing styles
This week i decided to read The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Killers, The Shadow and Debris, they all had different themes and styles of noir presented in them all.
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James Cain
This story was most definitely an example of noir readings. The …
Read MoreAnimals are more important than humans
“The Killers” and “A Matter of Procedure”
The Killers was not what I expected. The most I got out of it was the cultural implications about organized crime and Prohibition. Which I suppose are important settings in noir now that I think about it. In the beginning I believed that all they were looking for was alcohol(completely …
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