Film-Noir Discussion/DVD Review Thread

[dave jenkins]

http://www.noircity.com/
Caper films are the theme this year. Unhappily, they are all ones we know very well. There is a limited number of true noirs, I guess; that limit has been reached.

More bad news: http://www.siff.net/cinema/film-festivals/noir-city-2017

[cigar joe]

More bad news: http://www.siff.net/cinema/film-festivals/noir-city-2017

What part of that is the bad news?

[dave jenkins]

All of it, or nearly all. Who wants to pay $15 a head to see these films that are readily available on home video? Not me.

[cigar joe]

All of it, or nearly all. Who wants to pay $15 a head to see these films that are readily available on home video? Not me.

OK now I got you.

[dave jenkins]

Great bit on the music of Philip Marlowe films: https://ethaniverson.com/marlowes-music/

[Moorman]

And check out the French Poetic Realism Films, which were just befoee the noir period. The greatest is Port of Shadows, one of my all-time favorite films. Jean Gabin and Michele Morgan.

Also Le Jour Se Leve with Gabin. It was remade later as a noir with Henry Fonda called The Long Night. Both good films.

Also check out Jean Renoir's "La Bete Humaine," with Gabin. Remade by Fritz Lang with Glenn Ford in lead role, in a movie called HUMAN DESIRE.

And once we are discussing Lang/Ford, be sure to see The Big Heat

Enjoy 

P.s. Another film I love is HOUSE OF STRANGERS. Often considered a noir, IMO it is not a noir, but whatever, it is a great movie.

Ok. I'll check these out too. Thanx...

[dave jenkins]

http://www.siff.net/siffcast/eddie-muller

[Novecento]

All of it, or nearly all. Who wants to pay $15 a head to see these films that are readily available on home video? Not me.

If anywhere is showing a classic film that is readily available on home video, I tend to only want to go if they are showing an original print.

[dave jenkins]

Criterion announces They Live By Night on Blu for June. Details:

•New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
•Audio commentary featuring film historian Eddie Muller and actor Farley Granger
•New video interview with film critic Imogen Sara Smith
•Short piece from 2007 with film critic Molly Haskell, filmmakers Christopher Coppola and Oliver Stone, and film noir specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini
•Illustrated audio interview excerpts from 1956 with producer John Houseman
•PLUS: A new essay by film scholar Bernard Eisenschitz

[XhcnoirX]

Criterion announces They Live By Night on Blu for June. Details:

I haven't been this excited about a Criterion announcement in a long time, love this movie.

The cover art they're using is stunning IMHO:

[Novecento]

Yeh - looks nice

[drinkanddestroy]

Czar of Noir Eddie Muller will host "Noir Alley," a noir series - one film noir every Sunday at 10:00 a.m. on TCM

Pdf schedule here http://noiralley.tcm.com/TCM-00125_NoirAlley-Schedule.pdf


http://noiralley.tcm.com/
http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1299063%7C0/Noir-Alley-in-March.html


It's only one movie each week - how about we do a discussion each week of the movie of the week? 

[dave jenkins]

It's only one movie each week - how about we do a discussion each week of the movie of the week? 

Why wait? Most of these titles are available on discs and/or streaming. We can start talking about them now.

[drinkanddestroy]

Noir Alley Schedule up through January 2018 http://noiralley.tcm.com/schedule

2017

May 14 - The Prowler
May 21 - Crime of Passion
May 28 - Journey Into Fear

June 4 - Out of the Past
June 11 - Phantom Lady
June 18 - He Ran All the Way
June 25 - High Wall

July 2 - They Live by Night
July 9 - T-Men
July 16 - Gun Crazy
July 23 - Deadline at Dawn
July 30 - Born to Kill

No Noir Alley in August, presumably due to "Summer Under the Stars" programming.

Sep. 3 - Framed
Sep. 10 - 711 Ocean Drive
Sep. 17 - In a Lonely Place
Sep. 24 - Scandal Sheet

Oct. 1 - Possessed
Oct. 8 - They Won't Believe Me
Oct. 15 - Side Street
Oct. 22 - Raw Deal
Oct. 29 - No Questions Asked

Nov. 5 - Split Second
Nov. 12 - Night and the City
Nov. 19 - The Window
Nov. 26 - Strangers on a Train

Dec. 3 - Pushover
Dec. 10 - The Breaking Point
Dec. 17 - The Postman Always Rings Twice

No Noir Alley on last two Sundays in December or the first Sunday in January, presumably due to holiday programming.

2018

Jan. 7 - Red Light
Jan. 14 - Where Danger Lives
Jan. 21 - The Threat
Jan. 28 - Tomorrow Is Another Day

[noirjoe]

About the Noir Alley schedule...a lot of great films included for sure, but TCM has been showing most of them off and on for years. I'm a bit disappointed they didn't try to get some lesser-known, obscure titles. For example, there are two 1947 films that Eddie Muller's Film Noir Foundation restored and has been showing at their festivals for a couple of years. THE GUILTY and HIGH TIDE  are both  good Bs that many noir fans have not seen. There's also SHED NO TEARS and FALL GUY. In other words, how about something other than the same old stand-by titles.