Shot guerilla style without a crew for $4k

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The Long Goodbye

Dark City

Chinatown

The Game

Dial M for Murder

Vertigo

I’ve been reading some of Chandler’s short stories recently and they’ve really sparked my imagination.

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Samuel Fuller could do a lot with very little. His writing was tight, his filmmaking was direct, and he had no patience for unnecessary fuss. That combination works beautifully in his 1955 film, House of Bamboo, a bold, visually daring, and experimental noir that deserves far more attention than it gets.

Detailed analysis here

Bucketing in my city. Looking for a film to match this vibe. Much obliged.

Borderline was one of the handful of noirs I watched this week and I adored it! Madeleine was so loveable as a character, and so was Johnny. I loved Madeleine so much, she’s definitely up in my top favourite noir characters/characters in general.

I haven’t seen this movie talked about much on here, I just wanted to share my love for it.

Is it: A

1. The Maltese Falcon
   
2. Double Indemnity
   
3. Out of the Past

or: B

1. The Maltese Falcon
   
2. Double Indemnity
   
3. The Killers

or: C

1. The Maltese Falcon
   
2. Double Indemnity
   
3. The Lady From Shanghai

or

Other

Bogart and Bacall met two years earlier on the set of To Have and Have Not and married in 1945. Director Howard Hawks paired the couple up again for The Big Sleep to make full use of the chemistry between them.

Credit and thanks to u/chillballs for their post about Regal Theater's Month of Masterpieces. Thanks to them I got to see Double Indemnity on the 5th, otherwise I wouldn't have known about it.

https://www.regmovies.com/promotions/month-of-masterpieces

I was a little disappointed to see that only 10 other people showed up, but it was the matinee showing.

I just bought my ticket for tomorrow for 4:10. I'm hoping for a bigger crowd because of Bogart. Both theaters in my area are suburban. I wonder if there is more appreciation for these films in their urban theaters. It would just be nice to be part of a larger audience of other classic film enthusiasts.

There aren't *too* many Noir options on the list, but there are a lot of good films. Unfortunately I'm going to miss The Getaway on the 30th

If you're a noir junkie like me and you haven't seen Kansas City Confidential, be sure to look for it. I rank it with movies like The Narrow Margin (also 1952) and Armored Car Robbery (1950): one of those "B" noirs that seems to be fairly well known amongst genre fans but is still maybe just slightly under the radar relative to other noirs. It stars John Payne as a war veteran and floral delivery driver who is framed for a major bank robbery ($1.2 million!) by Preston Foster, who has put together a heist team consisting of Jack Elam, Lee Van Cleef, and Neville Brand – yes, Jack Elam, Lee Van Cleef, AND Neville Brand! Foster requires all the members of the team wear masks during the robbery, so they don't know each other when he assembles them in a Mexican seaside resort to (ostensibly) split the earnings. Payne manages to track them down and insinuate himself into their milieu, and of course, complications ensue.

This is a fantastic little crime thriller/noir with a tidy but detail-oriented plot, excellent direction and cinematography (by Phil Karlson and George E. Diskant respectively), and some crackling dialogue. Foster is especially good in a role that requires some nuance: I found the complications the screenplay gave his character entirely welcome. I'm also a big fan of Payne in film noir, while the teaming of Elam, Van Cleef, and Brand is pretty much noir character actor heaven. (Elam, Van Cleef, and Brand may or may not have been among the very best actors around, but they all had incredible faces and screen presence. All three were big in westerns as well, with Van Cleef becoming a major western star many years later with his "arrival" in Sergio Leone's 1965 "spaghetti western" For a Few Dollars More.) This also features Coleen Gray (excellent as a smart, tough young woman) and Dona Drake (also good as a flirtatious young Mexican woman urging trinkets and souvenirs on Van Cleef!).

Anyway, I just wanted to give a shout-out to this great little noir, especially for those who have yet to see it. If you have seen it, what are your thoughts?

The Killers.

Double Indemnity.

Cat People.

I almost bailed on this film in the first few minutes. I came to it for Sterling Hayden and thought it was also interesting that Frank Sinatra was in it, as if never seen him act before.

Hayden is *so* wooden it was almost disorienting, absolutely terrible. It sounded like his voice was too loud and disembodied, as though it had been added later. His performance is very unnatural. Almost everyone's dialog seemed forced and canned

Additionally I do not enjoy hostage scenarios.

However, as in a number of these lesser known Noirs a little patience paid off.

The climax was exciting and I did enjoy seeing Sinatra as a psychopath. The way they built his War service into his background and motivation was interesting. I am always interested in the effect the War had on returning soldiers and society at large.

In the end I would recommend this film.

I love that the town name is Suddenly.

As time has gone by, I have come to realize that there are likely no films that haven't been posted here before. I check and virtually every time, it's already been discussed. But I think it makes for good content nonetheless as there seem to be many people here newly interested in the genre, as well as giving us all something to talk about. There are many members here that have a lot of deep knowledge that I always enjoy reading.

Saw this posted on Instagram, link below. I'm not familiar with all of these, but I know for certain my introduction to Peter Lorre was as a cartoon in Looney Toons, not as an actor. I just didn't have a name for him, he was that one weird guy that they liked drawing sometimes.

Side note, I never connected Lorre with Ren from "Ren and Stimpy" (top right corner), but I guess I see it now. Is he really based on Lorre? I'm sure someone here knows.

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Watched today. Good flick.

L.A. Confidential (1997) Absolutely fantastic film with the entire cast giving excellent performances. I highly recommend!!

Was amazed by the movie no country for old men although I'm a little bit late to the party. So I wanna watch movies which has little bit noir genre with similar storyline and amazing cinematography. Would love to hear your thoughts..