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Interesting. I didn't even know that it had received a DVD release yet (but, yeah, since April according to Amazon.com).
Anyway, another tweeter Film Noir Tournament Bracket is underway:
Two of my four nominees made the cut (Double Indemnity, The Third Man). In a Lonely Place lost in a pre-tournament tie-breaker and Gun Crazy failed to make the cut.
Interesting tournament. Pity about IN A LONELY PLACE. I should revisit GUN CRAZY. That's one I've only seen once decades ago.
How can I possibly choose?!
FYI, a nice TCM produced short on TOUCH OF EVIL.
For me I'd go DOUBLE INDEMNITY over SUNSET BLVD., THE BIG SLEEP over LAURA, OUT OF THE PAST over The 3RD MAN..........and here's where it gets difficult. It's very close tie for me between MALTESE and POSTMAN. ................okay I'll go with POSTMAN.
Any thoughts on this one, @Dwayne ? Stanwyck, Lancaster........... can't go wrong. Hopefully I'll love it and it will become a favorite.
Not yet @ToTheRight , but it is on my "future watch" list. As you said, with Burt and "Stany" you can't go wrong.
I remember that one clip of this film in DEAD MEN DON"T WEAR PLAID.
I'm excited to watch this one.
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (67.9%) vs. SUNSET BLVD (32.1%)
THE BIG SLEEP (55.5%) vs. LAURA (48.5%)
THE MALTESE FALCON (75.7%) vs. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (24.3%) [Sorry about that @ToTheRight)
THE THIRD MAN (59.5%) vs. OUT OF THE PAST (40.5%)
It looks like we are heading to a Bogie vs. Stanwyck final.
Speaking of Barbara Stanwyck, how she possibly have never won a competitive Oscar? Along with Edward G. Robinson’s many snubs, this is one of history’s greatest questions.
Great Balls of Fire! Stanwyck was smokin’ hot. :D
Believe it or not, one of my favorite Stanwyck performances was the tortured Irene Trent in 1964’s THE NIGHT WALKER. William Castle’s very atmospheric psychological horror film, was Stanwyck’s final film role and even co-starred her ex-husband, Robert Taylor.
Anyway, here is a fan site to keep you busy!
https://www.barbara-stanwyck.com/fans/
“… twisted hopes and crooked dreams.”
https://delphiquest.com/film-foundation/restoration-screening-room/double-feature
The website also has some other interviews that may interest fans of film noir.
Great intervie, @Dwayne. I always appreciated that Benicio is a fan of classic cinema. This makes me want to watch those films again, especially THE CHASE.
HELL DRIVERS.
Stanley Baker is the lead as he's hired on by a trucking company to haul loads and the drivers compete for most deliveries per day.
Patrick MacGoohan, Vera Day, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins all star.
I'm watching it now and loving every second!!!!
For example: Our man Sean with a very young and pre-stardom Jill Ireland.
Naturally, I’m always distracted by this young lady. :))
:D
I'd want Connery's fee for DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER inflation adjusted, of course. Unlike Sir Sean, I would NOT donate that money to charity. I'm a noir guy so I don't do that.
However, if BARBIE had been made in the 1940s as a noir, that could pique my interest.
Let's recast BARBIE as a 1940s noir:
We could have Veronica Lake with Alan Ladd as Ken.
Being this is a noir, I reallly want to see Barbie kill off Ken in some outlandish fashion.
So my choice for noir Barbie would be my favorite Lana Turner...........
In my noir BARBIE Ken will most likely be shot in the groin, I'm going with Mitchum as Ken.
What do you think, @Dwayne?
Noir BARBIE. Who would be your noir Barbie and Ken?
Hayward and Mitch as Barbie and Ken, now that's a Barbie film that would get my attention.
Good choice!. She definitely did some noir so I think she qualifies.
Of course, if you want to have BARBIE's NIGHTMARE HOUSE (instead of DREAM HOUSE), how about Ann Savage!
Believe it or not, I will probably see the 2023 version of BARBIE in the next week or two (if for no other reason than the 2OO1 homage which opens the film). Plus, it looks like fun. I know, I should hand in my "man card" immediately, but it really looks interesting. That said, my money is on OPPENHEIMER, which I plan to see next weekend.
PS. I haven't forgot that I still owe you a review of the Criterion Collection's GILDA Blu-Ray.
I'd throw in AMONG THE LIVING, THEY WON'T BELIEVE ME and HOUSE OF STRANGERS.
I'm not familiar with those, i'll make a note of them.
It has been a few years since I last watched, Key Largo really is quite superb in fact a perfect bottle movie, it resembles a stage show though all the better for it. Smart sharp dialogue with exceptional character work. I always ask the same question when I watch it, is this technically a Film Noir? I think its how the film starts is why I question whether it is Noir, as the movie progresses its clearly Noir.
I think had it been done a decade earlier, it would just be a 30's Warner Bros gangster movie. The post war setting and the film's tone qualify it as a noir to me.
Agree it does feel at times like the earlier Robinson and Cagney gangster movies a decade earlier.
I forgot Marc Lawrence was in Key Largo (Slumber Inc and Rodney from DAF and TMWTGG).
Films like KEY LARGO and HIGH SERRIA (1941) are almost their own thing IMO. Personally, I would label them as quasi noirs in that they have some noir like elements but all of the main protagonist maintains the same morale outlook throughout. I could be wrong about that, however, as it all depends on one’s interpretation. As Eddie Muller points out, in the original stage version Bogart’s character was a war deserter who goes to Key Largo to asks for forgiveness – a very noirish concept. The film treatment strips this away.
Noir films, however, cover a surprising amount of ground, which many differing concepts and character types. At the end of the day, noir or not, KEY LARGO is a great film. And as I’ve said before, one of the great pleasures of talking about noir is that no two people have the same exact definition.
TCM’s NOIR ALLEY INTRO (KEY LARGO)
TCM’s NOIR ALLEY OUTRO (KEY LARGO)
Well said!
Scorsese/Luhrmann (from Criterion via YouTube)
Noir Alley: Gilda (1946) intro 20200920
Noir Alley: Gilda (1946) outro 20200920
RITA, Part One: Margarita (Wichita Films, 2019)
RITA, Part Two: The Love Goddess (Wichita Films, 2019)
RITA, Part Three: Killing Gilda (Wichita Films, 2019)
RITA, Part Four: Into the Fog (Wichita Films, 2019)
Excellent, @Dwayne !
The Criterion Channel is currently highlighting British Noir.
Direct Link:
https://www.criterionchannel.com/british-noir/season:1/videos/imogen-sara-smith-on-british-noir?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=channel-newsletter&utm_term=originals-subscribers&utm_content=aug-9-2023