My classic noir is "The Maltese Falcon." The book and the movie both completely revolutionized my perspective on media.
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
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esse - Nov 06, 2006 1:55:03 pm PST #5558 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
bon bon - Nov 06, 2006 2:15:51 pm PST #5559 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
And unrelated: I love the Coens… except for Raising Arizona.
You rule. Seriously, it's so overrated.
Sean K - Nov 06, 2006 2:16:44 pm PST #5560 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I love the Coens… except for Raising Arizona.
I recognize all the words, but this sentence makes no sense.
Fred Pete - Nov 06, 2006 4:31:32 pm PST #5561 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I want to vote for Murder My Sweet, but that's more because it completely remade Dick Powell's image than because it's noir. So I'll vote for the surprisingly un-urban The Postman Always Rings Twice.
Hayden - Nov 06, 2006 5:24:46 pm PST #5562 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
It now appears that Adrienne Shelly was murdered. Over a goddamn noise dispute, of all senseless bullshit.
Polter-Cow - Nov 06, 2006 5:49:04 pm PST #5563 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Shit. That's awful. It's so bizarre to read about things like that happening in real life.
P.M. Marc - Nov 06, 2006 5:56:46 pm PST #5564 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Jesus Christ.
That's just horrible.
DavidS - Nov 06, 2006 5:59:36 pm PST #5565 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My favorite noir are the overripe ones like Sunset Boulevard and Touch of Evil. They're a little too baroque and mannered to qualify as a benchmark. My Ur-Noir would come from a pool of Criss Cross (Burt Lancaster and Yvonne Decarlo), The Killing (Sterling Hayden rules!), Nightmare Alley, The Big Heat, Gun Crazy or Detour.
Maybe The Killing. It's got the fatalism, the downer ending, a great femme fatale (Marie Windsor as the ultimate in castrating bitches), a fascinating plot and great, twisted minor characters like Timothy Carey. Also it's been very influential.
DavidS - Nov 06, 2006 6:00:20 pm PST #5566 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It now appears that Adrienne Shelly was murdered.
Fuck. Fucking humans. They never cease to disappoint me.
Sean K - Nov 06, 2006 6:18:39 pm PST #5567 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
It now appears that Adrienne Shelly was murdered.
Messed up, yo.