Beyond Tiki, Bilge, and Test / Beyond Tiki / The Film Noir Thread
Post #484891 by Cammo on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 7:48 PM
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Love this thread, John-O. I've been to the Noir fests at the Egyptian put on by Eddie Mueller too - here's his website, under the imaginative name; His book "Dark City", about the history of Film Noir is an amazing read, especially as the entire thing is written in tough-guy-speak. Don't forget the whole birth of Gangster/Noir/Anti-Hero movies in the 1920's and 30's. The movement was German .... "The Joyless Street" with Greta Garbo 1925 etc. Most of these early films are still hard hitting and much more deeply psychological than the later stuff. My favorite early director was Sternberg, his almost never seen "Dishonored" has some of the most astounding camera and staging experiments I've ever seen, the ending of the film is an incredibly shocking short speech against violence of any form.... |