I'm not sure it can be called a noir even though it's decidedly noirish in some ways. -- I'd argue that it's as much a noir as Welles' The Stranger which is very similar in some ways to S of a D. The problem in asking whether or not something is or is not a noir is that noir is such a difficult thing to define and that's probably because Noir has such a bizarre history as a generic category. To quote James Naremore: “it has always been easier to recognize a film noir than to define the term." -- I don't know what a noir is but I know it when I see it (something like that, right?). Mikhail Gershovich -----Original Message----- From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of kristel kristjansdottir Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 3:57 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Shadow of a Doubt Hello everybody! Is Alfred Hitchcocks 'Shadow of a Doubt' a Noir film? Any opinions? Thank you in advance for input. Kristel Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html