bhryun Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I would love to read of your favorite film noirs from the forties and fifties. My ABSOLUTE favorite is The Big Sleep, Dark Passage, and Too Late For Tears (aka Killer Bait). BTW, I would LOVE for TCM to have an entire "Best of Film Noir Weekend"....awesome. Your favorites? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted February 25, 2005 Author Share Posted February 25, 2005 Can't argue with any of the ones you listed! Check out these: Black Angel - Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre and Brodrick Crawford. One of the best. This Gun for Hire - Alan Ladd and the incredible Veronica Lake. The Killing - Sterling Hayden. One of Kubrick's early films and has a small cameo by one of my favorites Timothy Carey. Touch of Evil - Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and Orson Wells (director). What more do you want? And one of the best films of any genre ever made. Many more, but those are some of my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted February 25, 2005 Author Share Posted February 25, 2005 Good stuff! You mentioned Veronica Lake (thump, thump, thump).....she was so beautiful, so talented and such a sad, sad ending. I only wish her other two fims with Alan Ladd were on DVD. I haven't seen either of those in years. This Gun For Hire was a great film - love it! Black Angel - one of my favorites as well. Wouldn't you love to see back-to-back classic noir films over a weekend on TCM? Something I wish I could do more of is see these great films on the big screen. I saw Psycho on the biggie not long ago - that wasn't so old, but it was still great fun. I had only seen it on television. I have always said I would LOVE to see Veronica Lake at the theater! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardny4me Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 You know there are so many obscure movies I have not see, but of the ones I have LAURA is at the top of the list. I can hardly wait for its release on DVD next month. I understand a deleted scene is even going to be included on the release. Last year I saw the film RAW DEAL on a large screen at the Walter Reade Cinema at Lincoln Center, and I thought it was terrific - very entertaining, suspenseful and real noirish photography. I am glad you mentioned DARK PASSAGE, I loved that film and I have not seen it in years. Another awesome film noir just sitting on my unopened DVD shelf is OUT OF THE PAST. I really need to do have my own film noir festival one night soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardny4me Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 You know there are so many obscure movies I have not see, but of all the film noirs I have seen, LAURA is at the top of the list. Sorry but I just had to clarify my first sentence, LAURA could never be classified as obscure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leobertucelli Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Yes luv I cetainly would --anything to replace those redic silent sunday's, I'd welcome. And Allan Ladd with Ms.Lake were really special, along with their co-stars. Those U mentioned and so many more are hardly seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted February 25, 2005 Author Share Posted February 25, 2005 Somebody meantioned LAURA coming out on DVD. I have already pre-ordered my copy and I can't wait! If you aren't familiar with LAURA read some of the reviews and check it out at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008LDNZ Great film noir from '44 !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeanddaisy666 Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 YES please!!! Check out the titles that were recently shown at the Film Forum, under the drop down 'Alphabetical List of Films'. Wouldn't YOU like to see each and every one of these on TCM??? I would..... http://www.filmforum.com/films/essentialnoir.html Oh, Laura was glorious.....Waldo Lydecker, "A dame once got a fox fur out of me", the beautiful Gene Tierney.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 That is incredible! Are you going to tell me you got to go to that???? What a lineup of films. Only in New York! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefilmbug Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 TCM did do a crime genre week back in the summer. This included mostly film noir. I would love to see TCM spin-off a sister station with just film noir! That would be too good to be true. My favorite noir classic is KISS ME DEADLY: such a dark film with an antihero(Ralph Meeker) who borders on the psychotic. Surprises me a film like this got made in 1955. A couple others that are also favorites of mine: DOUBLE INDEMNITY was quite good. Great rapid fire dialogue. Besides almost any film with Edward G. Robinson can't be that bad anyway. RIDE THE PINK HORSE was outstanding. Thomas Gomez certainly deserved the Oscar for convincingly playing a sympathetic Mexican. ODDS AGAINST TOMORROWA fitting noir piece for the end of the era(1959). Robert Ryan stole the film as a sadistic racist. Love that loungey jazz music. Sorry to hijack your thread but I would like to mention three of my neo-noir favorites from the 70's,80's and 90's respectively: TAXI DRIVER: Another favorite Neo-noir film. The streets of NY look like something out of Hell. BLUE VELVET: Probably the most vile of all neo-noir classics but still a great powerful film about the ugly underbelly of suburbia. PULP FICTION Tarantino was weaned on thousands of films(mostly noir)and he conjures them all up to make this original,violent classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlin714 Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 I am sick of swestern's and WAR movies, don't we have enough, of a war going on now? What ever happened to those old great romantic movies? Lana Turner, Susan Hayward, Gene teriney, Rita Hawyard, Grace Kelly, ETc....those were thebest & with all that is going on in our world today, I think we need to sit back and think of the good old days again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlin714 Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 I am sick of western's and WAR movies, don't we have enough, of war going on now in real life? What ever happened to those old great romantic movies? Lana Turner, Susan Hayward, Gene teriney, Rita Hawyard, Grace Kelly, ETc....those were the best & with all that is going on in our world today, I think we need to sit back and think of the good old days again. Thanks much, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 Another great list. Hey! You're not hijacking the thread with your neo-noir films. I agree on all but - surprisingly - Pulp Fiction. I know, I know. I get razzed about it all the time, but for me, it was just too much. The scene in the car and Samuel Jackson has brain tissue in his hair - that was just too much. I think what I liked about the old films is the 'take me to the edge, but don't push me over' filmmaking. I miss that. I know I'm in a minority with Pulp Fiction, but.....Oh.....Double Indemnity was a great film that, as you said, had that nice quick rapid dialogue. That's why I like The Big Sleep so much. It certainly wasn't the plot! It was the perfectly crafted dialogue in each and ever scene where ever scene was a work of art on its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 Don't know where my 'y's went on my two uses of every. I looked at that and realized that looks pretty stupid. I guess I get excited - I love this stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 Loved LAURA. Anyone like DETOUR ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 I'm with you. Give ne THE GOOD OLD DAYS when people were treated with RESPECT !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefilmbug Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 > I am sick of western's and WAR movies, don't we have > enough, of war going on now in real life? What ever > happened to those old great romantic movies? Lana > Turner, Susan Hayward, Gene teriney, Rita Hawyard, > Grace Kelly, ETc....those were the best & with all > that is going on in our world today, I think we need > to sit back and think of the good old days again. > Thanks much, This is what is nice about TCM. You can have the old,romantic(feel good) films of the bygone era. However for those of us that like grittier and darker films TCM has them as well. Best of both worlds. If you are opposed to film with violent themes then this thread may not be for you. Film Noir deals with darker themes then what you may like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tophcheese Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Noir is definitely my favorite genre or movement or whatever it is. I can't get enough. Some of my favorites include: The Killing Touch of Evil Kiss Me Deadly Out of the Past The Night of the Hunter The Asphalt Jungle Criss Cross Sweet Smell of Success The Postman Always Rings Twice Pickup on South Street The Third Man Detour Force of Evil Gilda Mildred Pierce Sunset Boulevard Ok, ok, I'll stop myself. But I honestly consider ever film I listed above to be truly great films (and there's a bunch of other noirs I think fit the bill too, but I shouldn't make too big a list). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tophcheese Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Also, I have to mention that this year is looking like a great one for noir fans. We've already gotten the two Dassin films from Criterion (which I still need to pick up) and White Heat in the WB Gangsters collection. And still coming is Fox's film noir series (which I'm tremendously excited about: either 9 or 12 noirs this year!) as well as another Film Noir Classic Collection from WB (which hopefully will be announced soon). Plus there are a number of stray releases that are trickling out from other companies. And hopefully Universal will release another batch of their Noir Collection this year too, and maybe, just maybe, they'll finally release Double Indemnity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted February 27, 2005 Author Share Posted February 27, 2005 That crime week TCM did, had people worried about me, as I woke up early and sat in front of the TV for hours on end. My favorite film noir, is the Big Sleep (which did feature during that TCM special)So I suppose Im unoriginal like that, but I think Humphrey Bogart, does empitomize the genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviespud Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 I love film noir. First I have to say that to me the two ultimate film noirs is Detour and The Postman Always Rings Twice but they are not my favorites. I really didn't care for Detour. The Postman Always Rings Twice is a good movie, but none one I have to watch all the time. I'm not really that fond of John Garfield. There are many I have not seen yet. A few of my favorites- 1. The Third Man 2. Touch of Evil 3. The Maltese Falcon 4. Ride the Pink Horse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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