Search and Destroy: Film Noir

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I say search The Maltese Falcon.

― David Steans, Friday, 19 September 2003 11:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Search: The Third Man, Double Indemnity, Sunset Blvd, Touch of Evil, The Big Heat, DOA

destory: I don't know. I don't usually watch many classic movies that I don't like.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Friday, 19 September 2003 12:29 (twenty-two years ago)

The original The Postman Always Rings Twice, the Big Sleep; not a noir, really, but for some reason I always throw The Thin Man in there...

― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 19 September 2003 13:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Also search Detour.

Destroy: Night of the Iguana, if it qualifies as film noir.

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Friday, 19 September 2003 19:28 (twenty-two years ago)

S: Kiss Me Deadly, the Killing, High and Low

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 20 September 2003 03:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I know High and Low is also described as film noir, but why why why? it's way more of a policier...

― s1utsky (slutsky), Saturday, 20 September 2003 15:54 (twenty-two years ago)

The Big Clock is no classic, and maybe not noir, but amusing suspense yarn; basis for No Way Out.

― Pete Scholtes, Monday, 22 September 2003 20:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Touch of Evil is one of my fave films, so that's my pick.

Has anyone seen the 'restored' version? I'm seeing it with a friend at the NFT next week. It'd be interesting to hear comments on it. (Also keen to get the Region 1 DVD eventually.)

― ChristineSH (chrissie1068), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 19:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Double Indemnity is great - 'They've got more tricks than a car-full of monkeys'

― David Steans, Thursday, 25 September 2003 07:04 (twenty-two years ago)

another vote for 'kiss me deadly'.

they should a box set of film noir's on sale. anyone know of any good books on the genre?

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 27 September 2003 13:10 (twenty-two years ago)

"Film Noir" by Bruce Crowther is the only book I have on the genre - not particularly in-depth but it's a very good reference guide.
Search - The Sweet Smell Of Success, Build My Gallows High (aka Out Of The Past), The Set-Up, Night Of The Hunter.
Destroy - the remake of Night Of The Hunter starring Richard Chamberlain, Dead Again starring Kenneth Branagh (not that I've actually seen this one but how good can it be?)

― udu wudu (udu wudu), Saturday, 27 September 2003 16:15 (twenty-two years ago)

"Dead Again" isn't as good as most of these mentioned movies, but it has a couple of strange twists. I thought it was pretty good at the time. It is like a Brian DePalma movie, if you can get over him showing off while aping another directors style, you can enjoy the movie.

I think some of the films which are heavily influenced/tributes to the originals are as or nearly as good like "Chinatown", "Body Heat", "The Grifters" & Altman's "The Long Goodbye".

The re-edit of "Touch of Evil" based upon Welles notes greatly improves an already good movie.

― earlnash, Tuesday, 30 September 2003 18:03 (twenty-two years ago)

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