Jack is narrating in Fight Club and he survives.
I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Sean K - Sep 15, 2006 5:50:58 am PDT #4200 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Sean K - Sep 15, 2006 5:51:29 am PDT #4201 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
And there's also the original release of Blade Runner.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 15, 2006 6:10:25 am PDT #4202 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE and FULL METAL JACKET both have surviving narrators (Kubrick had other narrated films, but they were 3rd-person omniscient ones).
As does APOCALYPSE NOW.
Oh, TAXI DRIVER, GOODFELLAS and MEAN STREETS too (although that last one only has it near the beginning).
Nutty - Sep 15, 2006 6:18:25 am PDT #4203 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
And Black-Irish O'Hara, from The Lady from Shanghai. Film noir is full of narrators (since a lot of the novels were in the first-person), and one film noir is even shot as if the camera were the eyes of the main character (memfaulting on the title, based on a Westlake novel IIRC). That was one of those honorable-failure movies, that they had to do to prove that, although it could be done, it couldn't be done in a way that didn't look silly.
Strega - Sep 15, 2006 6:27:34 am PDT #4204 of 10001
I'm not sure if it's what you're thinking of, since it's certainly not Westlake, but The Lady in the Lake is shot from Marlowe's POV.
Dana - Sep 15, 2006 6:28:48 am PDT #4205 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah. And then have the characters stand around, not sure what to do.
That happens in Sondheim's "Into the Woods."
Cashmere - Sep 15, 2006 6:31:21 am PDT #4206 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
It's Michael Caine narrating The Quiet American, right? Not Brenden Fraser. Because Brenden Fraser was the floater in the beginning.
juliana - Sep 15, 2006 6:33:22 am PDT #4207 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
The novel is from the Caine character's POV, so I'm assuming the narration is Caine. I really need to see that movie - I love the book.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 15, 2006 6:38:03 am PDT #4208 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
and one film noir is even shot as if the camera were the eyes of the main character (memfaulting on the title, based on a Westlake novel IIRC)
Chandler - it was THE LADY IN THE LAKE, and directed by Robert (I think) Montogmery, who also starred (at least when the character looked in anything where there was a reflection).
Heh, inevitable x-post due to delay.
Fred Pete - Sep 15, 2006 7:03:01 am PDT #4209 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
one film noir is even shot as if the camera were the eyes of the main character (memfaulting on the title)
Also the first half of Dark Passage, before the main character has plastic surgery and ends up looking like Humphrey Bogart. Which is a good thing, because the main character was played by Bogart.