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Re:Need more Noir

Risselada — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:06:52 GMT

leeroy711:

Risselada:

I've seen all of these except for Fury, and they are all fantastic!!

You MUST see these:

Born to Kill

Murder, My Sweet

Out of the Past

And these are also highly recommended and are all listed as film-noir on IMDB (for what it's worth):

Sunset Blvd.

The Big Sleep

White Heat

The Night of the Hunter

Strangers on a Train

The Third Man

The Maltese Falcon

And if you liked Samuel Fuller's Pickup on South Street you should check out another one of my favorites from him, Shock Corridor.

Thank you thank you, the only ones of these I've seen were Night of the Hunter, - which had a pretty dark story but I really didn't like that it was all done in a studio. And Third Man was pretty incredible. I haven't seen The Big Sleep, but I have seen The Big Heat (Fritz Lang) which was the one I was actually trying to think of when I mentioned Fury. I think Fury would actually probably be considered pre-noir.

I've kinda been on a Sam Fuller kick ever since I watch Shock Corridor earlier this year. I friggin' loved that one. I just got White Dog in the mail the other day but I haven't watched it yet.

Yeah, if you see any of them, especially one of the first three, I'm excited to hear what you think!

Let me know how White Dog goes.

Re:Need more Noir

leeroy711 — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:49:38 GMT

joem18b:

there's a sort of brainy podcast called Out of the Past that discusses film noir. available via itunes, if you're into that.

and for fun and modern noir, i'd recommend Love at Large and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

Thanks joem, I did like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang but I've never heard of the others one.

Re:Need more Noir

leeroy711 — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:47:21 GMT

Risselada:

I've seen all of these except for Fury, and they are all fantastic!!

You MUST see these:

Born to Kill

Murder, My Sweet

Out of the Past

And these are also highly recommended and are all listed as film-noir on IMDB (for what it's worth):

Sunset Blvd.

The Big Sleep

White Heat

The Night of the Hunter

Strangers on a Train

The Third Man

The Maltese Falcon

And if you liked Samuel Fuller's Pickup on South Street you should check out another one of my favorites from him, Shock Corridor.

Thank you thank you, the only ones of these I've seen were Night of the Hunter, - which had a pretty dark story but I really didn't like that it was all done in a studio. And Third Man was pretty incredible. I haven't seen The Big Sleep, but I have seen The Big Heat (Fritz Lang) which was the one I was actually trying to think of when I mentioned Fury. I think Fury would actually probably be considered pre-noir.

I've kinda been on a Sam Fuller kick ever since I watch Shock Corridor earlier this year. I friggin' loved that one. I just got White Dog in the mail the other day but I haven't watched it yet.

Re:Need more Noir

joem18b — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:46:44 GMT

there's a sort of brainy podcast called Out of the Past that discusses film noir. available via itunes, if you're into that.

and for fun and modern noir, i'd recommend Love at Large and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

Re:Need more Noir

Risselada — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:53:11 GMT

leeroy711:

I feel like I've recently re-discovered the noir genre. I just watched The Killing last night and I loved it. As with Fuller's Pickup on South Street. I had previously been a fan of Fritz Lang's older German movies, but now I've seen Fury and I need to see more of his American stuff. And after watching Touch of Evil, I can't understand why Citizen Kane is known as Orson Welle's best work.. I mean c'mon....!!! Charlton Heston just grows a mustache and presto!!! He's a Mexican. You can't beat that!

Anyways what are some of the films I'm missing??

I've seen all of these except for Fury, and they are all fantastic!!

You MUST see these:

Born to Kill

Murder, My Sweet

Out of the Past

And these are also highly recommended and are all listed as film-noir on IMDB (for what it's worth):

Sunset Blvd.

The Big Sleep

White Heat

The Night of the Hunter

Strangers on a Train

The Third Man

The Maltese Falcon

And if you liked Samuel Fuller's Pickup on South Street you should check out another one of my favorites from him, Shock Corridor.

Re:Need more Noir

rjsprague — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:34:47 GMT

How about Pulp with Michael Caine, from 1972. I haven't seen it yet, but I've heard it described as film noir... :) (Thank you Jimmy Whales!)

Need more Noir

leeroy711 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:58:15 GMT

I feel like I've recently re-discovered the noir genre. I just watched The Killing last night and I loved it. As with Fuller's Pickup on South Street. I had previously been a fan of Fritz Lang's older German movies, but now I've seen Fury and I need to see more of his American stuff. And after watching Touch of Evil, I can't understand why Citizen Kane is known as Orson Welle's best work.. I mean c'mon....!!! Charlton Heston just grows a mustache and presto!!! He's a Mexican. You can't beat that!

Anyways what are some of the films I'm missing??