Some movie talk for Sunday morning.
Some movie talk for Sunday morning.
I had to look up “film noir” to get some idea of what this is about. Fairly certain The Three Stooges are out. Maltese Falcon was one of my brother’s favorites, but it flies right over my head. Will try to watch The Big Combo later today.
I would include the movie Body Heat from 1981.
An influence on Scorsese and ahead of its time. The killer's quirks, attention to detail (e.g., the scene in the knife store), etc. - IOW many elements that became tropes for the later practitioners of the genre.
I would go with Double Indemnity or Gilda as the best. Hubby would go with The Third Man.
I’ll have to watch your reccomendation again since it’s been awhile since I saw it, thanks.
LA Confidential is probably one of the better modern era films in this Genre. By modern era I mean films produced after 1980 (though LA Confidential is a period piece).
My favorite is Out Of The Past. Second place is every Noir film with either Lizabeth Scott or Gloria Grahame.
Dark Passage, with Bogart and Bacall.
Bookmarked
Gaslight
Key Largo
Night of the Hunter
Three Strangers
Some of my favorites.
Since Double Indemnity has already been mentioned I’ll say The Postman Always Rings Twice.
The Big Sleep - Philip Marlowe - Raymond Chandler Full Length Audiobook.
It's condensed (1 hr 26 min) but gets the most important parts, including the end, with Marlowe's ruminations over a stiff drink.
I will have to track this film down and watch it.
Lot’s of good films mentioned here - I like them all...
I’m a fan of Edith Head’s last accredited film (costumes by Edith Head):
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
This one took a lot of work to put together.
The Big Clock
If you know or want to delve into filn noir, try the Facebook CLASSIC FILM NOIR (1940 -1958) group. You will need to apply to comment.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/177700052390992
I have a hard time saying anything Raymond Chandler wasn’t involved in is the greatest film noir ever, cause, well, Raymond Chandler. But The Big Combo is pretty freaking amazing.
There was a movie out of the cinema noir era that my late father told me of, but I don’t know the title. It was entirely filmed as if the camera was looking through the eyes of the main character. Probably a whodunit.
Anyone have the title for me?
People tend to call any film with a dark overtone "Noir" but that's a far simpler (and over-broad) definition from what the Frogs (who coined the term) meant it. I even frequently hear movie reviewers call films "Noir" when they clearly don't know the term's origins.
But Steyn clearly knows his Noir.
Film noirs of the 40s and 50s is one of my favorite genres, and this is one of my favorite films in the genre. I do think Gun Crazy is better.