Sukhov

My top FF films of 1977 1. A Special Day, Ettore Scola, Italy 2. Suspiria, Dario Argento, Italy 3. The American Friend, Wim Wenders, West Germany 4. Man of Marble, Andrzej Wajda, Poland 5. Padre Padrone, Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Italy 6. That Obscure Object of Desire, Luis Bunuel, France/Spain 7. The Wishing Tree, Tengiz Abuladze, Georgia 8. The Ascent, Larisa Shepitko, Russia 9. Stroszek, Werner Herzog, West Germany 10. Soldier of Orange, Paul Verhoeven, Belgium/The Netherlands Camouflage , Krzystoff Zanussi, Poland The Devil Probably, Robert Bresson, France Mama, I'm Alive, Konrad Wolf, East Germany Messalina, Messalina!, Bruno Corbucci, Italy Jungle Holocaust, Ruggero Deodato, Italy White Bim Black Ear, Stanislav Rostotskiy, Russia Centre Forward, Kil-in Kim, Chong-Song Pak, North Korea and I’ve also seen … Wanda, the Wicked Warden , Jesus Franco, West Germany/ Canada The Beast in Heat, Luigi Batzella, Italy The Gestapo's Last ****, Cesare Canevari, Italy Heroes of the Wild, Chang Chi, Taiwan

My opinion Most overrated 1. Quentin Tarantino 2. Michael Haneke 3. Steven Spielberg 4. Martin Scorsese 5. Ford Coppola Most underrated 1. Nikolai Lebedev 2. Vladimir Motyl 3. Pierre Etaix 4. Ali Khamrayev 5. Dušan Makavejev

World on a Wire

Another reason for you to hate California, no doubt.

I'm sure most here would love to hear more of your opinions not just of noir film but of films in general. You shouldn't feel afraid to share your opinions. We don't bite.

Or straight out of one of these.

The Big Parade (1925) Next: trench warfare

Okay, that makes a lot more sense. Thanks for explaining yourself. I thought you meant just any version of the play. What you said makes a lot more sense.

Those are owned by Twentieth Century Fox and TCM gets most of its titles from MGM.

I think she's saying that people were saying the actual play MacBeth is a noir.

Sounds a bit like the ending of Tell It to the Marines.

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

Xala

On the Town Next: also based on a Bernstein musical

Vertigo

https://variety.com/2018/artisans/news/roman-polanski-cinematographer-witold-sobocinski-lenser-of-frantic-and-frequent-collaborator-or-roman-polanski-dies-at-90-1203032756/ Cinematographer Witold Sobociński, Lenser of ‘Frantic,’ Dies at 89 Polish cinematographer Witold Sobociński, who received a lifetime achievement award at the Camerimage film festival in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on Nov. 10, died suddenly on Monday. He was 89. Director Roman Polanski made a surprise appearance at Camerimage to present the honor to Sobociński. The duo collaborated on the 1988 Paris-set thriller “Frantic,” starring Harrison Ford and Emmanuelle Seigner, who is now the controversial helmer’s wife. They shared stories from film school in Poland under the communist regime. Camerimage fest director Marek Zydowicz credited Sobocinski with influencing a whole new generation of cinematographers. The tribute included video of congratulations from Ron Howard and DP Janusz Kaminski. Sobociński also shot “The Wedding” and the Oscar-nommed “The Promised Land,” both directed by Andrzej Wajda. In addition, he worked with Piotr Szulkin (1985’s “O-Bi, O-Ba – The End of Civilization”), and Wojciech Jerzy Has (1973’s “The Hourglass Sanatorium”). The lenser was also honored in 2003 by the American Society of Cinematographers with its International Award for outstanding achievement in cinematography. In addition to working as a cinematographer, Sobociński was a teacher and a former jazz musician. He was a graduate of Poland’s National Film School in Lodz and while in college he was a drummer in a band. In statement, Camerimage wrote, “We would like to offer our sincere condolences to Witold Sobociński’s family and friends… To all film lovers around the world we say, remember him like we do, not in black and white, but in full color.”

“A Dame With a Past and a Hero With No Future” I also linked this doc earlier that I found informative on the noir genre and the themes behind it.

I've seen it and I would not consider it noir at all. I explained my reasoning already that it doesn't have any thematic connections to the noir genre at all. I'd consider it about as noir as Laurel and Hardy.

Chicago

Salon Kitty - This movie is from Tinto Brass, the same director who made Caligula. In this movie, "Kitty" runs a brothel that serves the German elite. Many of them are not devoted Nazis and dislike Hitler. They plan to oppose him. Kitty and another high ranking official record all of this and use it to blackmail the clientele. This is the kind of Nazispolitation film that examines the sex lives of the German elite and makes me think of the Damned and Ilse, She Wolf.

"Are there any questions? No, there aren't!" - Sukhov, White Sun of the Desert "I feel ashamed for my country" - when he realizes his forces aren't properly equipped to fight the enemy It always makes me crack up when the way he says these lines.

West Point Story

The Forty First (1956) is a remake of the movie of the same name from 1927. Both are very good films.

Yeah, he has his own neologisms he uses. I really like his "schtootze" phrase.