papyrusbeetle Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Thanks for your organized "noir" list! but I think: SHACK OUT ON 101 belongs to the "Commie" noir group, along with : I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI (also with Frank Lovejoy), WALK EAST ON BEACON, and WALK A CROOKED MILE. Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Somnambula Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Michael Rennie does look good in color. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
cigarjoe Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 On 7/17/2019 at 1:02 PM, papyrusbeetle said: Thanks for your organized "noir" list! but I think: SHACK OUT ON 101 belongs to the "Commie" noir group, along with : I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI (also with Frank Lovejoy), WALK EAST ON BEACON, and WALK A CROOKED MILE. Yes you could definitely cross reference it as a "Commie Noir" also. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 57 minutes ago, cigarjoe said: Yes you could definitely cross reference it as a "Commie Noir" also. "Commie noir"? Is THAT what Muller is talking about with his, "Black, White, and RED?" thing? Sepiatone Link to post Share on other sites
cigarjoe Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 14 minutes ago, Sepiatone said: "Commie noir"? Is THAT what Muller is talking about with his, "Black, White, and RED?" thing? Sepiatone Lol, that could be taken that way I suppose. Another "Commie Noir" not mentioned above is The Woman on Pier 13 (aka I married a Communist) (1949) Link to post Share on other sites
cigarjoe Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 I would stick The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) in this category also. All the Tampico sequences are quite stylistically noir-ish (check out the whole bar sequence with Pat McCormick (Barton MacLane)) and you have Fred C. Dobbs increasingly becoming your Classic Noir alienated and obsessed individual. When they head out to prospect for gold the feel of the film goes back in time 50 years to the Western. You have this Western/Noir diametric going on. You could place it along side of High Sierra, Detour, Ride The Pink Horse, The Scarf, The Hitch-Hiker as the granddaddies of our modern Western based "Film Soleil" Noir, those sun baked, desert or tropical set Neo Noirs. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Watching The TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE yesterday, I kept waiting for little BOBBY BLAKE to tell Bogey to take his lottery winnings "to the BANK!" Personally, after getting a face full of water, I'd have given Bogey a different ticket and kept the winner for myself. Sepiatone 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Forty-One Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 I absolutely love "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951.....need I specify the year?) To me, it is one of the greatest UFO movies ever made (and the haunting original score by Bernard Herrmann adds to the beauty of the film), not to mention the lead actors in it, Michael Rennie, Sam Jaffe and Patricia Neal (one of her best roles). That said, it has never occurred to me that this movie would fall into the category of "film noir". I'll have to think about that.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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