SpiderNoir Episode 2s Opening Scene Is A Reference To Some Of The Best Film Noir Dialogue Ever
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- "Spider-Noir" leans towards the cynicism found in the writings of Raymond Chandler.
- Episode 2 uses an opening exchange to pay homage to an iconic back-and-forth from Billy Wilder's genre classic, "Double Indemnity" There's humor mixed in here, as Cage's Ben Reilly is, in the actor's own words, "70 percent [Humphrey] Bogart, and 30 percent Bugs Bunny" The series blends the most bankable superhero tropes with key influences that shaped film noir as a genre.
Raymond Chandlers influence on hardboiled detective fiction is immense.
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