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Noir-vember Group Marathon 2014
« on: October 29, 2014, 10:18:10 AM »

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Re: Noir-vember Group Marathon 2014
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2014, 02:05:14 PM »
Put me down for 20+. Going through the "More TSPDT Noirs List" so a few will be neo noirs.

Against All Odds and Sea of Love at least.

Have 70 or so laying around I could watch, so it'll just be whichever ones I get to.

Also might do a rewatch of the two great Kubrick noirs. I've had the Criterion just sitting on my shelf since my birthday.

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Re: Noir-vember Group Marathon 2014
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2014, 04:27:23 PM »
It's coming up on 5 years since I watched Murder By Contract and something clicked inside me, giving me an insatiable hunger for more noir.  I'd like to revisit a lot of those movies from that first big binge, but I don't think I'll have much time.  I'll see what I can squeeze in, but I think Noir-vember 2015 will be when I do a big rewatch session.

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Re: Noir-vember Group Marathon 2014
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2014, 04:31:36 PM »
Is there a good list of greatest noirs around? I might watch a few of the greats ones i haven't seen before.

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Re: Noir-vember Group Marathon 2014
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2014, 05:44:44 PM »
Well, there's mine, which is of course biased.

There's the TSP list, which may be too much. 

If I was going to put together a compact "noir primer" list of 20, it'd be this:

Double Indemnity
The Maltese Falcon
The Big Sleep
Detour
Gun Crazy
In a Lonely Place
The Killing
The Asphalt Jungle
The Big Heat
Force of Evil
The Killers
Kiss Me Deadly
The Lady from Shanghai
Touch of Evil
Sunset Blvd
Out of the Past
Pickup on South Street
Shadow of a Doubt
Scarlet Street
The Third Man

That doesn't begin to cover all my favorites, and there are films on there I'm not wild about, but I'd say those are the 20 "biggest" noirs.
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Re: Noir-vember Group Marathon 2014
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2014, 05:58:17 PM »
I would add...
Ace in the Hole
Cape Fear
Laura
The Lineup
Mildred Pierce
The Naked City
Narrow Margin
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Set-Up
Sweet Smell of Success
White Heat

I would replace The Lady from Shanghai with Gilda and replace Shadow of a Doubt with Strangers on a Train or Notorious (though I wouldn't count any of those Hitchcock films as Noir.)

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Re: Noir-vember Group Marathon 2014
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2014, 06:17:09 PM »
I'm going to try and get a few Noirs watched in November. 
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Re: Noir-vember Group Marathon 2014
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2014, 06:22:49 PM »
I would add...
Ace in the Hole
Cape Fear
Laura
The Lineup
Mildred Pierce
The Naked City
Narrow Margin
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Set-Up
Sweet Smell of Success
White Heat

I would replace The Lady from Shanghai with Gilda and replace Shadow of a Doubt with Strangers on a Train or Notorious (though I wouldn't count any of those Hitchcock films as Noir.)

A few of those are major oversights on my part, so expanding to 25 I'll add:

Gilda
Laura
The Naked City
Sweet Smell of Success
The Postman Always Rings Twice

Ace in the Hole - got two Wilders already
Cape Fear - even though it's on my top 100 noirs, it's a little outside what I consider the traditional "noir cycle"
The Lineup, The Set-Up, Narrow Margin - love all three, but they're not in the conversation as much as the others
Mildred Pierce, White Heat - too debatable as "true" noirs


Why can't Hitchcock be noir?  Is he too good for it or something? 

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Re: Noir-vember Group Marathon 2014
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2014, 06:43:03 PM »
Noir is a big gap in my film watching.

I think from the classics I have only seen:
Double Indemnity
The Third Man
The Killing
Cape Fear

The top two on my to-watch list are:
Sunset Boulevard
The Maltese Falcon

What do you guys recommend as essential Noir watching? Ill start off with the big ones then move outwards as the years go by.

Edit: I see the list of 20, lets drop that down to a watchable 5.
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Re: Noir-vember Group Marathon 2014
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2014, 11:39:23 PM »
Smash, I think it's fairly unanimous that Double Indemnity is the pinnacle of Noir. I would put The Killing right up there.
Picking 5 for You that you haven't seen, I'd say...
The Asphalt Jungle
The Big Sleep
Gun Crazy
Pickup on South Street
Sweet Smell of Success


Cape Fear - even though it's on my top 100 noirs, it's a little outside what I consider the traditional "noir cycle"
The Lineup, The Set-Up, Narrow Margin - love all three, but they're not in the conversation as much as the others
Mildred Pierce, White Heat - too debatable as "true" noirs

Why can't Hitchcock be noir?  Is he too good for it or something?

I know we have slightly different viewpoints on what defines Noir. Cape Fear came later, putting it outside the cycle, but it's more Noir in style and content than Shadow of a Doubt, Strangers on a Train or Notorious. I Love 2 of those films, but they never had the sweaty mood of Noir. They're similar in style to Rear Window and Rope. Those two just happen to be in color. Would you consider Lifeboat to be Noir? It's from the same era, the setting is bleak, the characters are desperate and war plays an important part in the story.