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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2014 2:42:01 GMT -5
Anyone looking for a comic book companion read for November noir should check out The Fade Out (issues 1-3 out) from Image by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. A noir story set in 1940s Hollywood, replete with scandals, black lists, murder, and mayhem....pretty much just good ole noir...
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 14, 2014 13:47:50 GMT -5
Anyone looking for a comic book companion read for November noir should check out The Fade Out (issues 1-3 out) from Image by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. A noir story set in 1940s Hollywood, replete with scandals, black lists, murder, and mayhem....pretty much just good ole noir... -M Set more contemporary, but also excellent and partially by the same team (along with Michael Lark) Scene of the Crime. |
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Post by coke & comics on Nov 16, 2014 11:41:29 GMT -5
Apparently the "available on Netflix" list I posted a few days ago is out of date. As Naked City is not available. I took its "available instead" recommendations and found Anatomy of a Murder a film I'd always meant to see. It had murder, and something of a femme fatale, but was really more of a legal thriller than noir. So I think I missed the noir I was aiming for, but good a good trial film out of it. I do have a soft spot for lawyer films, and James Stewart and George C Scott faced off against each other well.
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Post by shaxper on Nov 16, 2014 12:12:13 GMT -5
Just tried to watch The Big Sleep. Probably made it worse by watching Metropolis last night, as this is Fritz Lang on a much smaller, more generic, more Hollwood scale.
I just couldn't watch this thing after only ten minutes in. The acting was terrible, the character unlikable, and the directing and cinematography utterly "blah".
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 16, 2014 13:14:13 GMT -5
Just tried to watch The Big Sleep. Probably made it worse by watching Metropolis last night, as this is Fritz Lang on a much smaller, more generic, more Hollwood scale. I just couldn't watch this thing after only ten minutes in. The acting was terrible, the character unlikable, and the directing and cinematography utterly "blah". Bogart or Mitchum? |
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Post by shaxper on Nov 16, 2014 13:21:50 GMT -5
Just tried to watch The Big Sleep. Probably made it worse by watching Metropolis last night, as this is Fritz Lang on a much smaller, more generic, more Hollwood scale. I just couldn't watch this thing after only ten minutes in. The acting was terrible, the character unlikable, and the directing and cinematography utterly "blah". Bogart or Mitchum? Didn't even get to Bogart. |
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Post by Jesse on Nov 16, 2014 15:14:59 GMT -5
Apparently the "available on Netflix" list I posted a few days ago is out of date. As Naked City is not available. I took its "available instead" recommendations and found Anatomy of a Murder a film I'd always meant to see. It had murder, and something of a femme fatale, but was really more of a legal thriller than noir. So I think I missed the noir I was aiming for, but good a good trial film out of it. I do have a soft spot for lawyer films, and James Stewart and George C Scott faced off against each other well. I thought Anatomy of a Murder was outstanding. I think it's the only Otto Preminger movie I've watched though. Jimmy Stewart and George C Scott are always good. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 16, 2014 15:47:20 GMT -5
Didn't even get to Bogart. I...just...can't...I have no words. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Nov 16, 2014 15:51:29 GMT -5
Just tried to watch The Big Sleep. Probably made it worse by watching Metropolis last night, as this is Fritz Lang on a much smaller, more generic, more Hollwood scale. I just couldn't watch this thing after only ten minutes in. The acting was terrible, the character unlikable, and the directing and cinematography utterly "blah". It starts slow but I think it gets much better as it goes. I love the scene in the book shop, it's Bogart as you've never seen before and its hilarious. |
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Post by shaxper on Nov 16, 2014 15:52:11 GMT -5
Maybe I'll give it another try at a later time. I think I set my hopes too high on Lang, and I had a crummy morning to boot.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Nov 16, 2014 15:58:31 GMT -5
Maybe I'll give it another try at a later time. I think I set my hopes too high on Lang, and I had a crummy morning to boot. I'm slightly confused. I don't think Lang had anything to do with the Big Sleep, or was it simply that you watched Metropolis first and felt that film was much better than the Big sleep? |
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Post by shaxper on Nov 16, 2014 16:26:31 GMT -5
Maybe I'll give it another try at a later time. I think I set my hopes too high on Lang, and I had a crummy morning to boot. I'm slightly confused. I don't think Lang had anything to do with the Big Sleep, or was it simply that you watched Metropolis first and felt that film was much better than the Big sleep? That would explain a lot. I watched The Big Heat, not The Big Sleep. Sorry. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Nov 16, 2014 16:40:04 GMT -5
I'm slightly confused. I don't think Lang had anything to do with the Big Sleep, or was it simply that you watched Metropolis first and felt that film was much better than the Big sleep? That would explain a lot. I watched The Big Heat, not The Big Sleep. Sorry. Ah, now that's a horse of a different color. While I have managed to watch it all the way through I have to say that it really isn't one of my favorite films as I just hate how repugnant it all is. It's violence is certainly tame by modern standards but at the same time I dislike the use of violence seemingly just for violence sake no matter how its filmed. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2014 16:45:09 GMT -5
Just tried to watch The Big Sleep. Probably made it worse by watching Metropolis last night, as this is Fritz Lang on a much smaller, more generic, more Hollwood scale. I just couldn't watch this thing after only ten minutes in. The acting was terrible, the character unlikable, and the directing and cinematography utterly "blah". Bogart or Mitchum? Mitchum was The Big Steal, no? |
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Post by shaxper on Nov 16, 2014 16:45:42 GMT -5
Mitchum was The Big Steal, no? I think we broke the thread  |
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