I feel like sooo much of this Season I've seen in other places (namely LA COnfidential) and I was wondering if Nic Pizzolatto ripped off a few major works LA Confidential, Chinatown, Miller's Crossing) OR if there are some themes so common in Noir works that you are bound to see them alot.

I mean some stuff is very generic and I am sure are common themes: Reopening a case that everyone thought was solved (LA COnfidential). Pulling off the heist and having a clean getaway available but blowing in by going back to do one last thing (Heat)

But some stuff I thought very specific to other films and books Party's with High End Hookers and Plastic Surgery (LA COnfidential), buying up land that will eventually become vaulable (Chinatown).

Folks who know Noir, is Pizzolatto a hack ripping off the genre or paying homage to classic themes and materials?



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