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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
My local PBS station just showed a wonderful film noir, Scarlet Street, with Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, exquisitely directed by Fritz Lang. I had never even heard of this movie before. Anyway, at the end, the host of the series, critic and film historian Neal Gabler, asked viewers what was their favorite film noir?
So, opinions?
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Josh Chaikin Inner circle Kansas City 1430 Posts |
Double Indemnity
Sunset Blvd. |
MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
The Maltese Falcon
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
It's a Wonderful Life
or perhaps Sin City depends on irony I guess Blade Runner anyone?
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ringmaster Inner circle Memphis, Down in Dixie 1974 Posts |
In a Lonely Place
Nightmare Alley Shanghai Gesture
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rossmacrae Inner circle Arlington, Virginia 2475 Posts |
NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES with Edward G. Robinson as a phony psychic who discovers he's not quite as phony as he thought.
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
I gotta say I like it that PBS runs the old movies. Mine runs the Thin Man movies on Saturday nights.
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Nosher Loyal user 261 Posts |
Leave Her to Heaven
Gun Crazy Thanks late night ABC.
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Dreadnought Special user Athens, Georgia 836 Posts |
I'ma film noir buff.
Laura Gaslight Nightmare Alley Double Indemnity Angels with Dirty Faces Night and the City The Cat Creeps (1946) Key Largo Casablanca
Peace
"Ave Maria gratia plena Dominus tecum..." Scott Would you do anything for the person you love? |
balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
The Asphalt Jungle.
The Killing (directed by Stanley Kubrick). A few years back I became aware of, and watched, some of the French film noir like: Rififi http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048021/ Le Cercle rouge http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065531/ Le Samouraï http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062229/ Un flic http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067900/ Bob le flambeur http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047892/ There is much more of it than the few films I listed above. Good stuff.
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Dreadnought Special user Athens, Georgia 836 Posts |
Rififi is a good one. I have that one on VHS.
Peace and Godspeed.
Peace
"Ave Maria gratia plena Dominus tecum..." Scott Would you do anything for the person you love? |
Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
David Cronenberg's Crash (the 1996 film, not to be confused with Paul Haggis's 2004 film of the same name).
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The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
Ms. Merizing Loyal user Edwin Carl Erwin is digging postholes for 232 Posts |
The Black Dahlia (2006) is my favorite of the neo-noir pictures: http://www.theblackdahliamovie.net/. The dvd also has masses of interesting special features. A great picture, but not for the faint hearted.
Pleased to continue finding that all the world's a stage.
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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foolsnobody Special user Buffalo, NY 843 Posts |
There is a Film Noir Encyclopedia by Alain Silver, Elizabeth Ward, James Ursini, and Robert Porfirio that came out May 10 of this year. I saw it at Barnes and Noble today and it looks pretty complete, with plot synopses, pictures etc. Also saw it on Amazon. There are some earlier ones by some of the same authors that are actually more expensive.
Tommy's post is spot on but when it comes to a master like Eric Ambler, I much prefer reading the books. |
wulfiesmith Inner circle Beverley, UK 1339 Posts |
After so many years ... let me bring this back to life ...
for instance ... Detour - Anne Savage Beyond the Forest - Bette Davis Of Human Bondage - Bette Davis Jezebel - Bette Davis Mildred Pierce - Joan Crawford |
ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
The Maltese Falcon
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1773 Posts |
The Third Man.
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
D.O.A.
After Dark My Sweet Double Indemnity And a sleeper fantastic Neo Noir with a high school setting - Brick
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
gypsyfish Veteran user 383 Posts |
Out of the Past with Robert Mitchum.
Big fan of Chinatown, too. |
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