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4 The Gamecock Wednesday, March 21, 1990 ;
Hollywoot
in cinema
Hollywood just doesn't make
enough film noir nowadays. What
is film noir, you ask? Why, it is
the coolest, hippest movie genre in
the free world. And Hollywood
doesn't make enough of it.
Film noir is a term French
cinema critics used to describe a
new breed of darkly lit, creepy
little movies coming out of
America just after World War II.
"Noir" is French for "black."
Film noir are usually stylish
thrillers involving the low-lifes of
the urban scene. The requirements
of such movies include a complex
plot involving lots of sex and violence,
an urban, night-time setting,
lots of saxophone music in the
background and more sex and
violence.
Cities in which these movies are
set are always rainy and poorly lit
with lots of lonely streets and neon
signs. They all look like Batman's
Gotham City.
The dark setting reflects the
mood of film noir. These movies
show humanity at its worst. The
plots concern murders and double- !
crosses. Very often the so-called j
hero will be dead by the end of the
nir.fnre
This somewhat depressing genre
started with such classic films as
The Maltese Falcon and Casa- <
blanca, both starring Humphrey <
Bogart. Robert Mitchum also made j
a career of such movies. I
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harder to find. Have audiences
grown tired of cigarette smoke, <
saxophone music and bad lighting? <
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eternal. These movies describe the
best and worst in man, contrasting
greed and avarice with love and
compassion. Greed and avarice
usually come out on top.
One could argue that film noir is
a commentary about the basic
meaninglessness of man's existence.
For example, the classic
D.OA. and its '80s remake tell the
story of a man who learns that he ?j|
is poisoned and will die within 24
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The truth is, film noir isn't popular
because its message isn't po- car
pular. Life is nasty, brutish and ?_?
short in these movies. Not the stuff
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low-budget releases that have little *
if any publicity. The '80s saw
some great film noir masterpieces
such as Stormy Monday, Choose \
Me and Trouble in Mind. None of
these films broke theater attendance
records.
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mough, is Batman. The movie
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work release
By The Associated Press ?
James Brown has narrowed his
work-release options to two jobs;
that are being investigated by the;
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the soul singer's lawyer says.
The jobs being considered are
not in the music field, said Richard
Crane of Nashville, Tenn. He did
not offer details except to say the
jobs are the singer's two top
choices.
"The Corrections Department
had questions about some of the
specific job responsibilities,"
Crane said. "But in general, the
jobs are acceptable."
Brown, 56, earned work-release
approval last month. He is cur-"
rently serving a concurrent six-_
year sentence in State Park Correc- *
tional Center for aggravated as
sault and failing to stop for police j
convictions.
Another obstacle to his work|
release involvement is the lack of
space at the Corrections Depart_
ment's seven work-release centers.
Participation in the work-release
program would require Brown to
stay overnight in a center after returning
from a daytime job.
Corrections spokesman Bennish
Brown said there are no beds
available and could not confirm a
statement by Crane that one would
become available April 1.
"No dates have been firmed up,"
Brown said. "I've been assured
that we're still considering different
jobs and still waiting on space
at centers."
Brown becomes eligible for parole
in South Carolina on May 5,
| 1991.
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