Is it catharsis that attracts you to such dark and cynical material about man's failings?

Do you remember the movie "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"? Pretty much right after the credit sequence, the main character is walking home after having done a drag show. It's pouring rain, and people are shouting and breaking bottles in the background. Watching it, a friend of mine leaned over and said, "Why is it raining in this scene?" It's just a scene of complete misery, and I said, "It's raining, so that when it's not raining, it will be all the nicer." If you start in the pit of despair with these profane, awful things, even a glimmer of hope or awareness is going to occur that's much brighter coming from this dark, awful beginning. That's a big part of it.

bet vispār viņš tur runā, ka "choke" (kas ir debijas filma režijā visai savdabīgam aktierim klārkam gregam, saprotams, par krietni mazāku budžetu, nekā finčera "faitklabs") ir izdevusies visai laba, ekrānos no3.oktobra

tiesa, tas man liekas bija nolans (bet varbūt es arī maldos), kas reiz par noir žanru piezīmēja, ka noir kino nozīmē "tumšs" arī absolūti fiziskā nozīmē, jo tupa, kad ir nakts, tad saspenss lielāks, etc. respektīvi, pats tumsas fakts strādā tik triviālā izpratnē.