tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16390723.post8978376588519884861..comments2023-05-28T11:26:42.944-04:00Comments on Over the Rainbow: Bernardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08428785668185125514noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16390723.post-68831719070880533292008-01-11T12:21:00.000-05:002008-01-11T12:21:00.000-05:00Hi Bernard, I'm in Tucson dealing with my mom who ...Hi Bernard, I'm in Tucson dealing with my mom who is very sick...but good to read your post. I personally do not think Hitchcock ever qualifies as noir...but only because he effectively is his own sub-genre. His particular mix of elements (evident in the pre-noir period) anticipates noir in some ways and then tracks it throughout the period, but not one of his films feels quite right as noir. You note the missing elements: there's no pervasive despair, women are never ff, systems are never presented as corrupt, existentialism and nihilism are never subtexts. And key: Hitchcock's visual style is too jaunty and arch, and not remotely like classic noir. Alfred is his own thing. bye - PRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com