Down These Mean Streets A Man Must Go - The Film Noir Thread

[Inspector Abberline]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Yeah, it's quite an unconventional Noir in many respects - a little surreal and nightmarish in places. It's one of the better ones I've seen from the era, and I've seen a fair few.

The director adapted the film from a novella by Cornell Woolrich titled 'Nightmare', which funnily enough he adapted for film again (this time actually calling it Nightmare) nine years later:



Not sure if you've seen Nightmare, but it plays off the same plot idea as Fear in the Night.

Cheers,could only find a Spanish release of Nightmare,ahem soz but have you seen Trapped?

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

Cheers,could only find a Spanish release of Nightmare,ahem soz but have you seen Trapped?

Nope, haven't seen that one I'm afraid!

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Nothing new, but an interesting list of 250 Quintessential Noir Films from They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?

TSPDT - Film Noir: 250 Quintessential Noir Films - Part 1

...and an easier to read version of the same list courtsey of iCheckMovies.com.

There's still a fair amount on there that I need to see but it certainly makes for a useful check-list.

[Inspector Abberline]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Nothing new, but an interesting list of 250 Quintessential Noir Films from They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?

TSPDT - Film Noir: 250 Quintessential Noir Films - Part 1

...and an easier to read version of the same list courtsey of iCheckMovies.com.

There's still a fair amount on there that I need to see but it certainly makes for a useful check-list.

Thats a great list,is it in order of how good or just how many votes they got?

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

Thats a great list,is it in order of how good or just how many votes they got?

It's just organised alphabetically and the list is based on citation / notoriety of the films rather than quality (although often the two are interlinked though). I do agree it's a really good list and offers a thorough cross-section of the Noir genre. I need to start checking out the ones I haven't seen - I must of only seen around 100 of them so far.

This list is also worth a look and contains many more that didn't make the final 250. It'd definitely take me more time to watch all those though... I've probably only seen about 10% of them!

[Inspector Abberline]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

It's just organised alphabetically and the list is based on citation / notoriety of the films rather than quality (although often the two are interlinked though). I do agree it's a really good list and offers a thorough cross-section of the Noir genre. I need to start checking out the ones I haven't seen - I must of only seen around 100 of them so far.

This list is also worth a look and contains many more that didn't make the final 250. It'd definitely take me more time to watch all those though... I've probably only seen about 10% of them!

Yeah there's lots to search out there,do you have Film Noir: The Encyclopedia its pretty comprehensive coming in at 488 pages worth getting if you see it at a good price,its a hefty tomb I tell ya.

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[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

Yeah there's lots to search out there,do you have Film Noir: The Encyclopedia its pretty comprehensive coming in at 488 pages worth getting if you see it at a good price,its a hefty tomb I tell ya.

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I don't no, but it certainly sounds like an impressive book.

[Inspector Abberline]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

I don't no, but it certainly sounds like an impressive book.

Yeah its got 100's of capsule reviews of pretty much every noir film ( im guessing) and 50's thrillers,unfortunately the price has doubled since I bought one,but worth a look if you see 2nd hand one any where,Ill stakes Dem's life on it.

[Inspector Abberline]

My copy of Night and The City is in transit,looking forward to seeing it in all its blu glory,this will swing it for me with whether I buy the Otto Box set.
Although ive never been disappointed with any of the noir blu's so far,Maltese Falcon,Third Man ,Pickup On South Street all been great .

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[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

My copy of Night and The City is in transit,looking forward to seeing it in all its blu glory,this will swing it for me with whether I buy the Otto Box set.
Although ive never been disappointed with any of the noir blu's so far,Maltese Falcon,Third Man ,Pickup On South Street all been great .

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Mine is on its way too - it (and the Preminger boxset) may have to wait until November though what with all the spooky viewing I've got lined up in October. In fact, I may even do a 'Noir November' and plug some gaps in that 250 Quintessential Noir list...