FILM NOIR

[DAME]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 4:33pm

The sequence in the Academy Awards left me wanting to rent some of these movies.

Would you all care to share some of your favorites with me?

Updated On: 3/7/06 at 04:33 PM

[gettinhep]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 4:35pm

I like the oldies but goodies, Dame.

Maltese Falcon
Double Indemnity
Gilda
Rififi

But, there are also some decent neo-Noirs around, such as LA Confidential and Blade Runner.

Updated On: 3/7/06 at 04:35 PM

[Gothampc]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 4:36pm

The Maltese Falcon
Double Indemnity
Key Largo
Sunset Boulevard
Night of the Hunter

[DAME]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 4:36pm

Have you heard of one called Black Dahlia? ( I think)

[gettinhep]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 4:38pm

The Blue Dahlia?

Veronica Lake, I think. Didn't Raymond Chandler write it?

Updated On: 3/7/06 at 04:38 PM

[Lamc16]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 4:39pm

To the best of my knowledge, that one is not a movie (or at least not a classic film noir), but it is one of the most notoriously unsolved murder mysteries in Hollywood history.

[DAME]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 4:40pm

Thats it. I want a movie I can bite my teeth into. You know.. the kind that makes you want to smoke a cigarette after even if you don't smoke.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 4:42pm

Double Indemnity (the first movie that pops into my mind any time I hear "film noir")
Citizen Kane
Laura
The Maltese Falcon
The Big Sleep
Gilda
Out of the Past
The Third Man
Pickup on South Street
Gun Crazy
The Big Combo
Kiss Me Deadly
The Killing
Night of the Hunter

[DAME]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 4:44pm

Margo;
I have seen the first 6 on your list. From the others.. which is your favorite?

Updated On: 3/7/06 at 04:44 PM

[Lamc16]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 4:47pm

Out of the Past and Night of the Hunter are great.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 4:51pm

Oh, I forgot about The Third Man. Shows some exteriors of Vienna.

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 4:53pm

DOA - Great Movie!


The Blue Dahlia (1946), with an Oscar-nominated screenplay by Raymond Chandler (the only work he ever wrote directly for the screen). Alan Ladd portrayed returning war veteran Johnny Morrison who discovered that his wife Helen (Doris Dowling) was unfaithful during his absence. When she turned up dead and he became the prime suspect, he was aided in the case by the mysterious Joyce Haywood (Lake) - the seductive ex-wife of his wife's lover.

http://www.filmsite.org/filmnoir.html
Updated On: 3/7/06 at 04:53 PM

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 4:54pm

Night of the Hunter is GENIUS. So copied and so entertaining.

The Third Man, Out of the Past and Pickup on South Street (along with Fuller's later film Naked Kiss) are all must-sees.

Updated On: 3/7/06 at 04:54 PM

[Lamc16]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 4:59pm

Agreed. Mitchum is sooo creepy in that one. Great actor! You should also see the original Cape Fear, DAME (if you haven't already).

[gettinhep]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 5:05pm

How could I forget Night of the Hunter and The Third Man?

Oh, dear. Now I have the score of The Third Man in my head... It'll be there all day, now.

[broadway86]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 5:12pm

I think Laura is my favorite, with Double Indemnity right behind it. I'm not a fan of Night of the Hunter. I know, I know...

Others:

Touch of Evil
Sin City (does that count)
Laura
The Big Sleep
Gilda
Out of the Past
The Man Who Wasn't There
The Killing (thanks for mentioning it, Margo)
The Third Man
The Maltese Falcon
M
Out of the Past

[Lamc16]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 5:16pm

The Killing was Kubrick's first film, no? It's a pretty interesting film. Laura is another good one. And, it happens to be my name :)

[best12bars]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 5:19pm

I guess the Night of the Hunter is "noir," but I actually feel it's more of a "horror/thriller" movie. It scares the crap out of me in several scenes, particularly for a film of that era.

Laura is terrific, and probably my favorite of the genre. Also a few not out on DVD yet (but on TCM regularly) that a very dear (departed) friend of mine starred in: "Ride the Pink Horse" and "The Man I Love."

Double Indemnity is another brilliant "noir." And the Maltese Falcon.

We worked on a couple of box sets of 'em here at work as well:

DeepDiscount.com link

[broadway86]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 5:20pm

The Killing was Kubrick's first film, no?

It was his fifth or sixth, but I think it was his first notable film. I could be wrong... Updated On: 3/7/06 at 05:20 PM

[Lamc16]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 5:21pm

yeah, you're right. just looked it up on imdb.

[DAME]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 5:28pm

I have been adding all the available ones to my netflix list.

[broadway86]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 5:38pm

DAME-

Have you seen Touch of Evil? That movie is really creepy. Janet Leigh and Orson Welles are excellent.

[wexy]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 6:13pm

more from the film noir collection

The Set-Up with Robert Ryan

Murder My Sweet with Dick Powell and Claire Trevor

The Asphalt Jungle with Sterling Hayden. Louis Calhern and a young
Marilyn Monroe.

[kjklo]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 7:14pm

Some more good ones:

Detour (1945)
The Great Flamarion (1945)
The Chase (1946)
Black Angel (1946)
Raw Deal (1947)
In A Lonely Place (1950)
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Blue Gardenia (1953)

[grizzabella]

Posted: 3/7/06 at 10:22pm

What a great topic! I love noir. Favorites include several that have been mentioned: Key Largo, Night of the Hunter, Maltese Falcon, Laura, and one which hasn't, but which I adore: Scarlet Street with Joan Bennett and Edward G. Robinson. If you haven't seen it, do.