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What is your favorite film noir?

Postby The Parkus Empire » Tue May 04, 2010 12:28 am

Pre-classic (proto-noir): M.

Classic period: The Third Man.

Post-classic (neo-noir): The Man Who Wasn't There.

So, give me your list!

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Postby Meridiani Planum » Tue May 04, 2010 2:42 am

Perhaps it's more imitation film noir, but I would count Dark City.
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Postby Rambhutan » Tue May 04, 2010 5:23 am

The Seventh Victim
The Big Sleep

are probably my two favourites though I can think of lots of others I am fond of.
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Postby South Norwega » Tue May 04, 2010 5:31 am

The Third Man was indeed really quite good. I especially liked the Austrian setting.

And if you consider it Noir, I've always liked The Maltese Falcon.
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Postby Carlitonia » Wed May 05, 2010 5:52 am

Probably The Maltese Falcon, or (even though it's Neo-Noir) Chinatown.
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Postby Tyrrin » Thu May 06, 2010 4:15 pm

Either Double Idemnity or The Maltese Falcon, probably the latter.
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Thu May 06, 2010 10:44 pm

Touch Of Evil, from 1958.
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Postby Old Erisia » Thu May 06, 2010 10:57 pm

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:Touch Of Evil, from 1958.


This and The 3rd Man Orson Welles is just fantastic :D
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Thu May 06, 2010 11:11 pm

Old Erisia wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:Touch Of Evil, from 1958.


This and The 3rd Man Orson Welles is just fantastic :D


Not to mention that Touch of Evil has the incomparable and amazing Marlene Dietrich. :lol:
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Postby Old Erisia » Thu May 06, 2010 11:16 pm

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Old Erisia wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:Touch Of Evil, from 1958.


This and The 3rd Man Orson Welles is just fantastic :D


Not to mention that Touch of Evil has the incomparable and amazing Marlene Dietrich. :lol:


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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Thu May 06, 2010 11:17 pm

Old Erisia wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Old Erisia wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:Touch Of Evil, from 1958.


This and The 3rd Man Orson Welles is just fantastic :D


Not to mention that Touch of Evil has the incomparable and amazing Marlene Dietrich. :lol:


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:bow:
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Postby Old Erisia » Thu May 06, 2010 11:30 pm

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Old Erisia wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Old Erisia wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:Touch Of Evil, from 1958.


This and The 3rd Man Orson Welles is just fantastic :D


Not to mention that Touch of Evil has the incomparable and amazing Marlene Dietrich. :lol:


RAWR... I have dreams about Morocco...

:bow:


Holy crap... shes beneath Judy Fucking Garland in the AFI's top female stars of the last 100 years! SHAME!
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Postby Orlkjestad » Sat May 08, 2010 10:53 am

Casablanca. 'Nuff said.
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Postby Tyrrin » Sat May 08, 2010 10:59 am

Orlkjestad wrote:Casablanca. 'Nuff said.

Not exactly a film noir, but ok.
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Postby Conserative Morality » Sat May 08, 2010 11:18 am

If The Usual Suspects counts...
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Postby Maurepas » Sat May 08, 2010 11:55 am

Does Sin City count?
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Postby The Parkus Empire » Sat May 08, 2010 12:03 pm

Tyrrin wrote:
Orlkjestad wrote:Casablanca. 'Nuff said.

Not exactly a film noir, but ok.


Do you think Sunset Blvd. could be classified as film noir? I know it frequently is, but I'm not sure.

Conserative Morality wrote:If The Usual Suspects counts...


It's certainly a neo-noir (as is Reservoir Dogs, although in a different way).

Maurepas wrote:Does Sin City count?


Without a doubt, it's noir in style, though its over-the-top action is rather contrary to the noir "feel". Noirs aren't exactly action films.
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Postby Old Erisia » Sat May 08, 2010 1:37 pm

I personally wouldn't consider Casablanca a noir... It just just doesn't have that flavor to me... although noir classification is widely up to personl interpretation.

And I've never seen The Usual Suspects... Would any one else consider is noir/recommend it?
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Postby Conserative Morality » Sat May 08, 2010 1:46 pm

Old Erisia wrote:And I've never seen The Usual Suspects... Would any one else consider is noir/recommend it?

I'd recommend it. It was a good movie.
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Postby Das Reich des Viertels » Tue May 11, 2010 1:55 pm

The Parkus Empire wrote:Pre-classic (proto-noir): M.

Classic period: The Third Man.

Post-classic (neo-noir): The Man Who Wasn't There.

So, give me your list!

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I like all of the noir spy movies in particular, but my overall favourite of the genre would have to be The Killing. As you said, M and Third Man are quite good also.
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Postby The Parkus Empire » Tue May 11, 2010 3:07 pm

Old Erisia wrote:I personally wouldn't consider Casablanca a noir... It just just doesn't have that flavor to me... although noir classification is widely up to personl interpretation.


It's a romance/drama, albeit in black & and white and with smoking.

And I've never seen The Usual Suspects... Would any one else consider is noir/recommend it?


Yes. It is perhaps the most noir film made in recent times, next to my own selection of The Man Who Wasn't There.
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Postby The Parkus Empire » Tue May 11, 2010 3:09 pm

Das Reich des Viertels wrote:I like all of the noir spy movies in particular, but my overall favourite of the genre would have to be The Killing. As you said, M and Third Man are quite good also.


The Killing is right up there with me. Wearing a fedora over one's clown mask: now that's style.
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Postby Old Erisia » Sun May 16, 2010 12:42 am

The Parkus Empire wrote:
Das Reich des Viertels wrote:I like all of the noir spy movies in particular, but my overall favourite of the genre would have to be The Killing. As you said, M and Third Man are quite good also.


The Killing is right up there with me. Wearing a fedora over one's clown mask: now that's style.

I'll have to check that out too. And I shall pimp Strangers on a Train I used to not really consider it noir, but on a re-watch I'm willing it let it in as noir. It is also very good.

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Postby The Parkus Empire » Sun May 16, 2010 1:15 am

Old Erisia wrote:I'll have to check that out too. And I shall pimp Strangers on a Train I used to not really consider it noir, but on a re-watch I'm willing it let it in as noir. It is also very good.


"The primary moods of classic film noir were melancholy, alienation, bleakness, disillusionment, disenchantment, pessimism, [moral] ambiguity, moral corruption, evil, guilt, desperation and paranoia."

-Filmsite.org

Use that as your guide.

And Parkus, I LOVE your new avatar.


I thought it rather stylish myself.
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Postby Rambhutan » Mon May 31, 2010 4:19 am

Sorry for the slight gravedig but it seemed preferable to starting a new thread...

I watched The Brick last night, an excellent little neo-noir. It has all the essentials of a film-noir but replaces a city like Los Angeles with a high school. Deinitely worth watching.

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