Yes Stray Dog is a great film, but then only becomes small after seeing the masterful noir Kurosawa made High and Low in '63… One of my personal favorites, as my 2 disc criterion would prove…
Also Seijun Suzuki, was a great pioneer in neo noirs tailoring some yakuza favorites…
Anymore from the classic period? in B/W from 40’s-50’s?
I was just thinking how I havent seen or really heard of any from that period…Definitely a subject of interest…
I know Kurosawa did a Noir with Mifune in 48 I believe. Drunken Angels. Criterion released I think.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040979/
Well, it looks like my rental que is now filled up for this week. Making this the first time in many years A western was not in my weekly rental list.
The Third Man (Criterion)
Rififi (Criterion)
Stray Dog (Criterion)
Sunset Boulevard
Yes I’ve its my netflix queue but I havent got around to it…
Do you have netflix btw, its a great place for noir…
No Netflix, but if you were on the forum earlier, you might have heard of myvideostore. Largest in the Northwest USA. Two floors of pure movie but don’t get me going.
Lucky Bastard, its like renting at the Virgin Megastore I’m guessing :o
Here’s a link. Type in just about every film you know and they have it.
[quote=“korano, post:208, topic:1786”]Here’s a link. Type in just about every film you know and they have it.
http://scarecrowvideo.com/[/quote]
I dont want to sound retarded but sometimes thats how you get things done…
How do find exact matches through searches…I keep getting blog entries…
You wont find exact matches. But be either very broad or very specific. Refrain from using “the” in searches. There website didn’t used to be a blog though.
Or type in director names like …
Leone, sergio
thanks…
por nada
love that word
Just chipping in with some praise for Ride the Pink Horse, which I watched in instalments over the course of yesterday afternoon and evening.
Robert Montgomery really impressed me as the tough ex-GI who wades into a vengeance/blackmail plot, only to have his rough edges smoothed somewhat by the altruistic people he encounters. The dialogue is really snappy as well, and the ambience of the sleepy-yet-sinister border town is spot-on.
The meaning of the title excites debate - neither a metaphor for flying the gay flag nor for becoming a communist (in the parlance of the time), so far as I could tell! I’ve not read the novel on which the film was based but it seems to have more to do with the nature of choice. It doesn’t come across very clearly in the film, but then again if it did, it would render it pretentious, especially as the carousel where the titular horse can be found is clearly a symbolic safe haven.
Any other thoughts on the title?
I’ve got a British Film Noir on DVD, called “The Good Die Young”. I was wondering if anybody has seen it, and if so, how good is it?
I’ve heard of it. It’s on my watch list. Heard praise for it. Stars mostly Americans I think.
Just saw this on the web and think it’s one of the best tributes to noir I’ve seen on utube
Wow - my instinctive first reaction now that I’ve finally seen The Killers. At a time in my film-watching life when I can’t imagine being blown away by a new production, it’s reassuring to experience such a thrilling example from cinema’s back catalogue, especially as I had exceedingly high expectations.
And they were met. This flm has just about every element of classic noir: tragedy, fatalism, clipped, cryptic dialogue (“I did something wrong once”), a fragmented narrative stitched together to perfection, a happy marriage of realism and semi-expressionistic stylization, a boxer hero, a femme fatale, Charles McGraw, pool halls, dives, prison cells…
It’s instantly muscled its way into my top five noirs.
I have taped off the TV a Film Noir called “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”. It star’s James Cagney and I was wondering if its worth watching?
While I’m on the subject, over here in England later this week one of the TV channels is showing a Neo-Noir called “Harper” staring Paul Newman. Is it any good?
Got this one on VHS, the only Cagney movie I own for now (seen a few of his though).
I think it’s a good one, Cagney impressive in another bad guy role, there’s a great prison break scene.
[quote=“John Welles, post:218, topic:1786”]I have taped off the TV a Film Noir called “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”. It star’s James Cagney and I was wondering if its worth watching?
While I’m on the subject, over here in England later this week one of the TV channels is showing a Neo-Noir called “Harper” staring Paul Newman. Is it any good?[/quote]
Kiss Tomorrow is one of my favorite gangster flicks…Also Harper is great…based on a novel from that Ross MacDonald fella Sherpschutter mentioned…