Cult Labs - Top Ten Tuesdays

Blade Runner
Night of the Hunter
Angel Heart (more horror than noir, but still)
Blood Simple
Sin City
The Maltese Falcon
The Big Heat
The Killing
Brighton Rock
Infernal Affairs

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Crimson Blade

29th November 2017 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs (Post 558872)

Is Scarlet Street any good, Crimson Blade?

It's an Edward G film i've not seen.

It's well worth watching.

Edward G. Robinson is a mild mannered cashier who get's involved with a scheming femme fatale, played by Suspiria's Joan Bennet. He doesn't realise that her and her boyfriend are just using him as a sucker so they can steal from him.

I really enjoyed it. And the Kino release is excellent and region free.

J Harker

29th November 2017 10:53 AM

Not up on my noir, I'm not always sure what qualifies. But here goes with a mix of classic, modern and what i see as fitting

Odd Man Out. Carol Reed. 1947.
Touch of Evil. Orson Welles. 1958.
Casablanca. Michael Curtiz. 1942
The Killers. Don Siegel. 1964
Thief. Michael Mann. 1981
Batman. Tim Burton. 1989
L.A.Confidential. Curtis Hanson. 1997.
Dead Again. Kenneth Brannagh. 1991.
Dark City. Alex Proyas. 1998.
Sin City. Robert Rodriguez. 2005.

bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

29th November 2017 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs (Post 558872)

Is Scarlet Street any good, Crimson Blade?

It's an Edward G film i've not seen.

Scarlet Street is one of my favourite Noir films.

Demdike@Cult Labs

29th November 2017 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs (Post 558888)

Scarlet Street is one of my favourite Noir films.

I've just ordered the Odeon release.

It's from the same Library of Congress source as the Kino dvd but has a better transfer according to dvdcompare.

Rewind @ www.dvdcompare.net - Scarlet Street (1945)

Thanks b_e and Crimson Blade. :thankingyou:

Nosferatu@Cult Labs

29th November 2017 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Rik (Post 558878)

I’ve seen a few of their other films (Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Tho? etc) and really like them, so I’m sure I’ll like these too, they’re on the “to watch list” :nod:

The Big Lebowski is definitely a neo-noir as it has all the elements of a classic film noir but in a contemporary setting, so you can add it to your list!

Nosferatu@Cult Labs

29th November 2017 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs (Post 558890)

I'm now looking at buying that release or alternatively the Film Noir: Five Classics From the Studio Vaults set which contains it and for others, only one of which (They Made Me a Fugitive) I've seen.

bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

29th November 2017 04:25 PM

I don't think I'll be including any Neo-Noir in my list (Chinatown may creep in though...) as the term is used way too broadly in my opinion.

bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

29th November 2017 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs (Post 558888)

Scarlet Street is one of my favourite Noir films.

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs (Post 558890)

I'd actually go a step further and say it's in my Top 100 films of all time list. Hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as I do, Dem.

Demoncrat