Wouldn't this mean Touch of Evil, almost always cited as the film that closes out the noir era, is not in fact a film noir?
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I’m not a prepared to defend my tweet as if it’s a doctoral dissertation, my lovelies. It’s just my own personal feeling. I think that the sensibility of noir does not comfortably overlap with stories that are primarily about policing.
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Not disputing your original tweet! More like trying to figure out why Touch of Evil seems like an exception to the good general rule you formulated.
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It's a procedural, it's just that all the procedures are corrupt.
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