This channel is for videos I think may be interesting to fans of Film Noir.
There are playlists for all sets of videos, usually in aired order but noted in the description in any case.
If there is any objection by TCM, RU-vid, Eddie or any of the copyright holders, I will immediately close down the channel. The point of this channel is to increase Film Noir appreciation. It's not and never will be about profit, especially not profit from other people's work.
What an incredible cast. I was fortunate to see Fleischer at an American Cinemateque showing of AMR years later. The evening included a visit by Marie Windsor. What a fkn awesome event that was! And, FWIW, I believe the greatest widescreen technicolor "noir" of all time is Violent Saturday.
I think all of their criticisms are valid. I saw it in the theater when it premiered and I also thought it was visually exciting and had some fantastic moments (mostly Batty's end), but people used to read back then. A lot. The ideas in this movie are nothing compared to what anyone who delved a little into sci-fi would have been exposed to. The special effects are nice but nothing ground-breaking at the time...there had been a steady advancement and expectation for good special effects since Kubrick's 2001. Ford comping off of two of the most charismatic roles in recent history was as drab and as uninteresting as he could be, and his apparently intentionally bad voice-over in the theatrical cut just made it worse. Finally, the title is meaningless. Friedkin also made that mistake with Sorcerer, another film that has finally outlived the meaninglessness of its title.
My mother recalled Patricia Neal well from Northwestern University days. Pat attempted to join mom's sorority, but unfortunately could not afford to. 😟
@@NoirFan77 PN even mentioned it in her autobiography, which I read when nothing else around, but it is rather good. She seems an honest, down-to-earth person. Her marriage w Ronald Dahl, a very difficult man, is discussed even-handedly. I assume many people read it for R Dahl. If she wrote it herself, she is a good writer. Few actresses or actors of that era wrote autobiographies.
@@ameryek.9607 I've long been a huge fan of Patricia Neal. Truly a lady with guts, with huge talent and without pretense. I didn't know she wrote an autobiography. Thanks for that, I'll look for it. BTW she's excellent, as usual, in the noir Breaking Point (1950), not to mention non-noirs as well.
I was 12 years old when this movie came out. I went to see it at our small town's theater. All I remember was the rape scene. It had such a negative impression on me that I remember it to this day...and I'm 77 now.
An excellent movie which I've just seen for the first time. Actually it was Ginger Rogers who really impressed me.Ronald Reagan was better than I'd expected.
1:20, Raymond Burr as the street bods of the LA organized crime scene. Before he became the ethical and highly moral attorney Perry Mason, he was often cast as a violent and viscious criminal.
Van Johnson even played s German soldier in "The Last Blitzkrieg". Fluent in English having grown up in America, he leads a group of infiltrators who cross American lines in December 1944 and try to sabotage the American defenders in the Battle of the Bulge.
That's a tough one. Unfortunately it's not available for streaming nor on a legit DVD. And it's not on Watch TCM. All I can say is keep your eyes peeled for a possible repeat on TCM, or buy a bootleg DVD.
Mitch kinda sleeps through this one. i think he was jumping from set to set during this time. and the movie is not really that good really overly dramatic.
Yeah it really struck me how out of place his performance was here. I dare say just bad. Something about his delivery, hes just not believable as this character. Sort of makes me rethink his placing as this elite noir actor. He can do the smoldery banter with women okay, probably bc his look overcomes a huge talent gap, but out of those scenes hes really just flat next to other male actors, I find. I know hes this icon to people but I feel like people act like he has this on screen intensity of a Sterling Hayden or something. He doesn't. Take Crossfire as another example, basically every other actor in that film outshines his performance. I wouldn't feel the need to say it except that people seem to overrate him so much. I think hes typecast well as the handsome sucker, that's basically his roles in Out of the Past and Angel Face. Tough talking guys that are essentially in denial that they're putty to women.
@@MM-qm9ld come on. this movie is an overwrought stinker. and like i said he was making 3 movies at the same time being shifted back and forth. Mitch is an icon. the part of the suffering artist simp should have been Wilding. look at the studio he had to survive in. btw he wrote the most beautiful real poetry throughout his life. Cabo San Lucas Rising early to beat the heat a little dry from last nights booze. We’re soon out miles from land where the big fish roam under the sun and stars, undisturbed by time’s wave-measured march. Slicing bonito for bait, the blood is red against all the blue. Blue above and below. The hook, hungering for meat, shines blue in my hand as I drop its feathered plume into the wake. We drink beer and wait for the line to sing, rattling off the reel like a runaway train, tightening under the drag, burning the leather stop. The marlin leaps, its bill skewering the sky, carves and dances in the blue, then twists and dives. The rod quivers in the belt. Leather biting my back I reel and pull, the marlin leaps again, I heave forward and rare back as fire sweat and salt gather on my skin A moment’s slack, a shake, the fish is free. Why aren’t all losses as lovely as this? Quien sabe?
This is such a hard film to find. And since I don't have TCM, I have to try to find it on DVD. But it doesn't exist on DVD I don't think. Does anyone know if you can buy it somehere-provided it exists, that is, on physical media. Also, I love No Questions Asked. I have the DVD and will definitely be watching it next weekend. It's too bad that he already covered the film, and that his upcoming intro and outro will be verbatim copies from his prior coverage. I'm not exactly happy that they repeat movies on here so much, but it would take the sting out of my disappointment if they would make new intros and outros that had new, additional comments rather than the previous verbatim ones.
you can find it on u...torrent sites. i love Mitch and watched it but tbo Mitch kinda sleeps through this one. i think he was jumping from set to set during this time. and the movie is overly dramatic and not that good.
Unfortunately it's not in the public domain. Right now the only place you can stream it from is Watch TCM. But it does come up on TCM often, so if you subscribe eventually you'll find it there again.
@@NoirFan77 Thanks for suggestion, but I do not own a TV set. I can't get streaming services on my laptop, can I? Anyway, I don't have good enough WiFi at home to buy a TCM sub.
@@ameryek.9607 You can definitely get streaming services on your laptop. Or phone, even. Or tablet. But you would definitely want good WiFi at least. Buying a TCM sub means either cable (or satellite, I suppose ... don't know about satellite) with a tier that includes TCM. Or subscribing to RU-vid TV or Hulu+ Live TV. Here's a link with some information, I'm not taking a position on their accuracy or objectivity: agoodmovietowatch.com/how-to/channels/tcm/
You need to see this. When I had cable, it lived on my DVR. It's Lorraine Day's best movie. It also has one of my favorite shots in a noir film. The shot is a little startling and beautiful at the same time. It's near the end of the film. I don't want to drop any spoilers. I hope you can see it soon.
Even though William Holden was a fine actor it’s hard for me to accept anyone else in the role then Humphrey Bogart I can’t imagine a performance topping that
In her autobiography, titled "Ida Lupino: Beyond the Camera," co-written with her conservator and friend Mary Ann Anderson, she talks about the rumor concerning Mr Bogart. According to Miss Lupino she and Mr Bogart got along well. In fact during one scene she was having trouble crying, Mr Bogart talked her through it, she was greatful for his help. Apparently, based on her book, there were problems with the schedule when "Out of the Fog" was filmed so Mr Garfield was cast.
Just watched this good movie. Marie plays the piano. An evocative musical score. Shades of Charles Whitman to come. Arthur also played The Monster on the Campus...
The ending of Call Northside 777 left something to be desired as only one of the two guys convicted of the crime was exonerated. What happened to the other guy who went to prison for the same crime?
Been on so much. Definitely not the best newspaper pic of all time Conte saved it. Eddie gave us info we already know. He hasn’t been playing the best films lately. Thanks for these though
@@ameryek.9607 No the front page 🤣 That could be proto noir like five star final… Unholy partners, Beyond a reasonable doubt, Deadline USA, Chicago Calling,… you need to catch up on your films. Have a good one.
These kind tend to be my least favorite type of classic noir. Mostly for the superfluous narration that tells you what youre already seeing on screen but in a way that dumbs down the experience. It has more of this uptight feel like its told by some bootlicker, like its moralized for a third grader, etc. It makes these films feel more dated with that style of presentation, which roots it in some kind of uppity sentiment thats unbecoming for the themes noir would often be associated with. T-Men is another with the overbearing narration. These films feel ironically like the thought police version of consuming art, where the long dick of the law probes your brain with the decency of a soup laddle, rationing off any thoughtfulness one might have, making sure you dont construe what youre about to see any way other than the one TRUE way. The Killing seems to be the only film noir to use this effect almost self referencially of the genre, capturing that procedural feel but in a way that highlights the encroaching doom of the law, right down to the final shot and the plodding music. So for that reason, it's the only film i find that uses this technique in an actual "noirish" way. In some ways is the first "neo-noir" in terms of the meta, even if it's still of the classic period. Regardless, the omniscient lawful narrator in noir is unwelcome and quite a pest.
"Semi-documentaries" - never heard that one before! Well, it's a really good film. Richard Conti is too much the perfect saint; the explanation of the actual culprits goes by pretty fast. But J Stewart so believable & warm. Sometimes he overacts the tiniest bit but he's under control here. So his role was originally for Henry Fonda? As it's Father's Day, I'll mention that my dad was a ringer for Mr. Fonda in every way - height, face, hair, similar voice. I know what you're thinking - do I look like Jane Fonda? Nah!
