Posted by Dan in the MW
on 11/9/2009, 10:04 pm, in reply to "Re: NOTW: Raw Deal (1948) / Part 2 - Correcting Misinterpretations of the Plot"
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"In fairness to our friend Chi-Bob, we should note that his comments were written in 1980, when the paradigm of the "hard-boiled" was freshly minted and in its early zenith of influence."
For the sake of accuracy and fairness, I used to be angered by mistakes that I saw in film directories and related books. I slacked off in my objections when I learned that many authors of early works DID NOT have the benefit of Vhs tapes or DVDs. They had to watch films on television or arrange private screenings and, as such, they had to commit hundreds of film titles to memory before they began writing and mistakes occurred when they were typing months later.
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