Or Kathleen Turner in BODY HEAT? More broadly, one might say that the disappearance of the Production Code gave the characters license to say and do things to express their use of sexuality that had to be implied or veiled in the earlier films (eg. the open references to oral sex in BODY HEAT and the kitchen table scene in the Raphelson POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE). But the freedom to acknowledge and act on female sexual desire can make their actions more complex than greed alone can account for. The very end of BODY HEAT seems to hint at this, the remake of THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE acts on it more openly. Another major difference that I've noted in other posts is that neo-noir lacks the counter-fatale "good girl" who serves as a contrast to the seductress in so many of the 1940s noirs. Undoubtedly, that type helped the Breen Office to breathe somewhat easier when watching these films, but her disappearance, I think, is a mark of a social shift that goes beyond the Code itself. Don Larsson On Mon, 15 Nov 1999 11:55:40 -0500 Ed Owens <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > ...or the Linda Fiorentino of The Last Seduction? > > Ed Owens > > paul wiener wrote: > > > Oh yes? And what about Sharon in "Casino?" > > > > At 11:11 AM 11/15/99 +0000, plath3 wrote: > > >In response to Louis Rayner's question concerning the differences between > > >90's femme fatales and those of the early noir period. let me suggest the > > >following differences: > > > > > >1. Early femme fatales were concerned with traditional greed. Bridget > > >O'Shaunessy of the MALTESE FALCON (1941) and the Lana Turner character in > > >THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946) are examples. The Sharon Stone > > >character in BASIC INSTINCT is more concerned with mind games than with > > >money. > > ---- > To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] ---------------------- Donald Larsson Minnesota State U, Mankato [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]