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Make Them Die Slowly 24th September 2011 10:35 PM

Down These Mean Streets A Man Must Go - The Film Noir Thread
 
Any fans of film noir or hardboiled crime fiction? Post your recommendations, views and thoughts here.

My favourites films are:

"Kiss Me Deadly"
"Double Indemnity"
"The Postman Always Rings Twice"
"The Big Sleep"
"Farewell, My Lovely"
"The Woman in the Window"
"Mildred Pierce"
"In A Lonely Place"
"Gun Crazy"

Fave writers:

Raymond Chandler
David Goodis
Hammett
Charles Williams
James Ellroy
James M.McCain
Jim Thompson
Cornell Woolrich

Demdike@Cult Labs 24th September 2011 11:12 PM

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I have all the films you list MTDS, except Mildred Pierce, never seen that.

All classics of course, i think my personal favourite of the list is In a Lonely Place. Bogart is outstanding.

Other great ones you haven't mentioned are -

Gilda
This Gun For Hire
Out of the Past
The Blue Dahlia
the Killers

Make Them Die Slowly 25th September 2011 08:57 AM

Hello Dem, "In A Lonely Place" is my favourite too, have you read the book it's based on, completely different ending to the film.


I forgot "Sunset Boulevard" from my list, and how did I forget "Gilda".

bdc 25th September 2011 09:02 AM

I just wanted to mention Sunset Boulevard... ;)

Demdike@Cult Labs 25th September 2011 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly (Post 183977)
Hello Dem, "In A Lonely Place" is my favourite too, have you read the book it's based on, completely different ending to the film.


Sorry to say i have never read any noir fiction. :blush::tsk:

pedromonkey 25th September 2011 02:50 PM

I thought This Gun For Hire and The Big Sleep were great films, Personal faves are Key Largo, The Killers and The Big Sleep but i'd rate Kubrick's The Killing, which i see as Film Noir above alot of them.

Demdike@Cult Labs 25th September 2011 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by pedromonkey (Post 184194)
I thought This Gun For Hire and The Big Sleep were great films, Personal faves are Key Largo, The Killers and The Big Sleep but i'd rate Kubrick's The Killing, which i see as Film Noir above alot of them.

Although it is due to its characters, i never really see Key Largo as a noir. Probably due to its beach front hotel settings.

Slippery Jack 25th September 2011 02:59 PM

Saw Kiss Me Deadly earlier in the year - blew me away (like a nuclear blast ;)...)!!! Grabbed the Criterion straight after the first viewing. I'm on the lookout now for noir as nutty as that :shocked: . . .

bizarre_eye@Cult Labs 25th September 2011 05:03 PM

A few of my faves that haven't yet been mentioned...

Chinatown
High and Low
The Maltese Falcon
Sweet Smell of Success
The Third Man


L.A. Confidential is a decent modern noir, too.

I really want to get into watching more noir, as it's fast becoming a favourite sub-genre of mine.

There are a few mentioned here that I haven't seen, that I'm definitely going to seek out. :nod:

bgart13 25th September 2011 07:19 PM

There's a "new" James M. Cain book found, heard about it on NPR last week:

Lost novel by noir giant James M Cain discovered | Books | guardian.co.uk


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