Film Noir

[Abaddon]

BTAS, I agree with. Sin City had some noir elements, but I'm not so sure it falls into the category. What was noir about Begins? I mean besides the corrupt city.

 

[Apollo]

Now that i think about it i think Batman 89 was a lot more neo-noir then batman begins

but batman begins still had a lot of crime drama to it.

 

[Noir]

Nothing really was Noir about Begins, I mean, besides a Detective figure trying to case out corruption.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Recently I've rewatched The Third Man. I liked it a whole lote better than the first time. Excellent setting, beautiful direction and cinematography and good actors. What Orson Welles does with so little screen time is phenomenal. A pitch-perfect performance that may be one of the best supporting roles I've seen. It's a key part, he appears at exactly the right moments and injects the movie with his charisma. He is all what Harry Lime was promised to be. The zither music in the film is at times suitable, and in other instances a bit unsuited. Overall, it's top-notch, a deserved classic.

And I also saw Orson Welles' Touch of Evil. Which besides having the coolest title in movie-history, has the most astounding mise en scene I've seen in movies from that time. The Mexican bordertown feels very claustrophobic and sweaty, the direction is beautiful (openin shot!) but at times I felt the pace was too high. Welles was teriffic as a fat, greasy, corrupt detective.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Sin City had some noir elements, but I'm not so sure it falls into the category.

It's more like Noir on steroids, the men are pretty much indestructable, all the women are gorgeous, long shadows everywhere, gritty voice-overs, extreme corruption etc...

 

[scifiwolf]

Glad to see Blade Runner, Sin City, Black Dahlia, and Payback got mentions.

I especially liked Payback. Mel has such a great voice for that sort of thing.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Glad to see Blade Runner, Sin City, Black Dahlia, and Payback got mentions.

I've heard nothing but bad things about The Black Dahlia. I heard it was laughable, a faux noir. I'll reads the book first anyway. James Ellroy is king when it comes to noir-books. Currently reading The Big Nowhere.

 

[Noir]

Black Dahlia was okay, but it was like period piece Zodiac with **** and Glasgow Smiles.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Black Dahlia was okay, but it was like period piece Zodiac with **** and Glasgow Smiles.

Are you implying Zodiac wasn't a good movie?

 

[Noir]

Are you implying Zodiac wasn't a good movie?

Not at all, Zodiac was really really good. I was implying that when you add in all those elements it becomes a fair movie.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Not at all, Zodiac was really really good. I was implying that when you add in all those elements it becomes a fair movie.

Oh okay. Just misread that post.
Zodiac is fantastic, but it did need some ****. I guess you can't have everything.

But we're getting off topic.

 

[Noir]

"Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There's no escape. I'm God's lonely man."

has anyone seen Ascenseur pour l'échafaud? Movie is good, I Love the score to that.

 

[Abaddon]

I watched D.O.A. last night. Pretty good, but a little confusing, and I didn't buy Bigelow's love for that blonde chick. He was badass though, and I liked he kept pulling a Colombo(though this is decades before that show aired) as he was walking out the door. A little contrived, as these stories tend to be at times, but a good one.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Oh okay. Just misread that post.
Zodiac is fantastic, but it did need some ****. I guess you can't have everything.

But we're getting off topic.

haha.

I wouldn't say Black Dahlia was terrible, but I did think it could have been much better then the finished product 6ish/10

 

[tecnowraith]

Wow I am surprise no one mentioned Dark City yet which I think is very neo-noir.

 

[Ender Durden]

Renaissance, the black and white french cg film which had Daniel Craig voicing was an outstanding movie.