Film-Noir Discussion/DVD Review Thread

[cigar joe]

sterling hayden as a  "sado ~ masacot,"  toothpick sucking tough as nails ( what else ? ) detective.
timothy cary, the world's freakest, so far over the top he goes underneath junkie / sex feind.  scheduling allowed
them 3 weeks but they shot crimewave in just 13 days
DVD will
assure 2 movies in one. downtown seedy LA circa 1954 / people caught in the movie unaware of being filmed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_Wave_(1954_film)

nobody holds a candle to timothy cary's twisted, insane drug- fueled ready to go off any second time bomb  dude.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_uuj81OyVgg/TV3GKCqGNuI/AAAAAAAAB0M/n4OzhqJvKus/s1600/crimewave1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://krelllabs.blogspot.com/2011/02/riding-wave.html&usg=__2sxRWctBM-IxRECIMaG7Sb3Cc_I=&h=482&w=640&sz=112&hl=en&start=10&zoom=1&tbnid=3NTRRHC9RyY7CM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&ei=bkT_T6L2BKnn0gHXvrW4Bg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtimothy%2Bcary%2Bcrimewave%2B1954%26hl%3Den%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch&itbs=1

yea Carey is a lot of fun to watch 

[dave jenkins]

He was great in Head.

[sargatanas]

He was great in Head.

Dave, were talking about the world's greatest sinner here !  
good character actors plus good music is the wax that keeps us watching
the stars, lol
timothy carey was the jimi hendrix of weirdness. as joe says  " fun to watch ".
http://celebslists.com/3729-timothy-carey.html
fun is  sooo important as it's been out of style lately. i'll pay hard cash for fun !
entertain me m-i-s-t-e-r carey, lol   http://celebslists.com/3729-timothy-carey.html

carey's performance from  " head " http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=59tqOXH6lwU
 

[cigar joe]

He was also good in Paths of Glory

[sargatanas]

He was also good in Paths of Glory

brando gets carey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk6EN_e0Nv4&feature=related

[titoli]

The Brothers Rico (1957) Director, Phil Karlson with Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Larry Gates, James Darren, Argentina Brunetti,     
Paul Picerni, and Rudy Bond. An entertaining Noir using the "you can't just quit the mob and expect to have everything come out smelling like roses" storyline. Doesn't quite have the great sets and locations of "Nightfall" but Conte keeps it interesting in this tale of a brother trusting in the mob and trying to save his siblings. 

I wanted to see this ever since I read about it in O'Shaolan's book. I think is perfect except for the children double byline and the finale. I have no gripe against the sets and the locations. The ma and grandma speak a perfect italian which is unlikely, as nobody speaks it in italy too in daily life. Anyway Conte says to his wife, correctly, "capisci" instead of the wrong, but usual in Hollywood movies, "capisce"?

[dave jenkins]

I wanted to see this ever since I read about it in O'Shaolan's book. I think is perfect except for the children double byline and the finale.

The end really sinks it. It's like the filmmakers got tired of the whole thing and wanted to wind it up as quickly as possible.

[titoli]

I think I'll read the Simenon's source if I'll have the chance. I don't think they took the finale from him.

[titoli]

There was a remake:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068570/

[dave jenkins]

Universal Dark Crimes collection: http://shop.tcm.com/detail.php?p=382488

Too late for me as I already bought R2 PAL versions of these years ago, but maybe y'all'll be interested.

[Groggy]

Savant reviews the new Olive Films collection:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s4026noir.html

[cigar joe]

Savant reviews the new Olive Films collection:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s4026noir.html

they are not worth $89.95 though 

[Groggy]

Maybe we could form a gang to procure Blu-Ray money.

[cigar joe]

Maybe we could form a gang to procure Blu-Ray money.

Appointment With Danger & Union Station are really the only good ones

[dave jenkins]

And even those aren't all that.