Comments on: The Left Hand Of Noir http://filmsnoir.net/film_noir/the-left-hand-of-noir.html Films Noir: all about film noir Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:01:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Tony D'Ambra http://filmsnoir.net/film_noir/the-left-hand-of-noir.html/comment-page-1#comment-354 Tony D'Ambra Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:48:10 +0000 http://filmsnoir.net/film_noir/the-left-hand-of-noir.html#comment-354 These are interesting Abraham Polonsky interviews and articles by David Walsh of swsw.org: http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/oct1999/pol-o30.shtml http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/feb1999/polo-f24.shtml http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/oct1999/sile-o30.shtml These are interesting Abraham Polonsky interviews and articles by David Walsh of swsw.org:

http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/oct1999/pol-o30.shtml
http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/feb1999/polo-f24.shtml
http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/oct1999/sile-o30.shtml

]]> By: film noir » Guilty By Suspicion (1992): Black Not Noir http://filmsnoir.net/film_noir/the-left-hand-of-noir.html/comment-page-1#comment-89 film noir » Guilty By Suspicion (1992): Black Not Noir Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:27:23 +0000 http://filmsnoir.net/film_noir/the-left-hand-of-noir.html#comment-89 [...] writing yesterday’s post, The Left Hand Of Noir, which referred to the HUAC Hollwood blacklistings of the 50’s, I recalled the excellent 1992 [...] [...] writing yesterday’s post, The Left Hand Of Noir, which referred to the HUAC Hollwood blacklistings of the 50’s, I recalled the excellent 1992 [...]

]]> By: Tony D'Ambra http://filmsnoir.net/film_noir/the-left-hand-of-noir.html/comment-page-1#comment-88 Tony D'Ambra Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:27:27 +0000 http://filmsnoir.net/film_noir/the-left-hand-of-noir.html#comment-88 Tks for your comment Lloyd. I suppose we could say that many of us have an irrational faith in our politicians, and that political loyalties for some is akin to religious fervour... Tks for your comment Lloyd.

I suppose we could say that many of us have an irrational faith in our politicians, and that political loyalties for some is akin to religious fervour…

]]> By: Lloydville http://filmsnoir.net/film_noir/the-left-hand-of-noir.html/comment-page-1#comment-87 Lloydville Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:35:40 +0000 http://filmsnoir.net/film_noir/the-left-hand-of-noir.html#comment-87 On your last point . . . . while I deplore what was done to the Hollywood dissidents in the blacklist, and feel as you do that the determining issue was freedom of speech and thought, a high ideal to be sure, I don't think we should lose sight of the fact that most of those persecuted were defenders of Stalin's regime, even in the face of massive evidence of his massive crimes. They may not have been Stalin's operatives in America, as their oponents saw them, but they had an irrational faith in the Soviet system, even under Stalin, which to me was closer to religious belief than to considered political thought. In the era of "the death of God", Communism became a kind of alternative faith for many. The image of Stalin as a kind of new and more authentic Jesus Christ was being retailed in Russian art as early as 1929. On your last point . . . . while I deplore what was done to the Hollywood dissidents in the blacklist, and feel as you do that the determining issue was freedom of speech and thought, a high ideal to be sure, I don’t think we should lose sight of the fact that most of those persecuted were defenders of Stalin’s regime, even in the face of massive evidence of his massive crimes.

They may not have been Stalin’s operatives in America, as their oponents saw them, but they had an irrational faith in the Soviet system, even under Stalin, which to me was closer to religious belief than to considered political thought.

In the era of “the death of God”, Communism became a kind of alternative faith for many. The image of Stalin as a kind of new and more authentic Jesus Christ was being retailed in Russian art as early as 1929.

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