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"[By
the late sixties]...cinephiles were busily compiling the noir canon
like a pack of faith-crazed monks..." "Asking
a group of cinephiles what films bookended the film-noir cycle
is akin to
throwing raw meat to a pack of wild dogs," In the interests of coexistence, let me say my choice of The Maltese Falcon and Touch of Evil as bookends is more a matter of convenience than conviction.
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