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In response to "LIR Noir film list, I get they are all classic films, but feel like Brick should have still been included. -- nm" by sycor

Would Gaslight count as noir? B/c what would seem like a big omission. I guess I don't have a good handle on the definition. -- nm

Posted by Barony Bunch (aka BaronWasteland) Oct 7 '24, 12:31

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certainly adjacent? on the outskirts? Cukor was definitely on to the trend of the time, influenced by early Hitchcock and the German expressionists. -- nm* - mud Oct 7, 12:36
I've always considered it be detective films. Google says - sycor Oct 7, 12:36 1
- You mean private investigators? Protagonist usually wins in detective films. That's pretty much never the case in noir. -- nm* - con_carne Oct 7, 14:40

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