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| | intal | May 16, 2006 3:48pm | | Could someone tell me what exactly a "film noir" consist of and give me a list of the best films noirs? thank you. |
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|  Henry80 | Nov 18, 2006 3:05am | | The definition is difficult- sources given above shoudl help but as for the best ones- try Double Indemnity, the Maltese Falcon, Out of the Past, The Postman always rings twice, an obscure one I really like is Born to Kill |
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|  RobTheBold | Nov 21, 2006 9:53pm | Acording to some, Films Noirs began with "M" and ended with "Touch of Evil". I apply a more liberal definition, including remakes such as DOA (1988), Against All Odds, and No Way Out. But Noir lives today, such as in "The Big Lebowski", where an aging slacker is dropped into plot with at least as many twists as "The Little Sister". It's got everything a Film Noir needs: Antihero, ambiguous plot, cynical worldview, sexual tension.
For Noir classics, I recommend "Strangers On A Train", "Sunset Boulevard", and for a pre-Double Indemnity Barbara Stanwyck, "Baby Face".
In all cases, ignore any tacked-on Hollywood happy ending. |
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Sponsor |  jasper1949 | May 14, 2007 3:17pm | For me, Noir starts with another Fritz Lang film, Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler.
A handful I would include are: "The Third Man", "Out Of the Past", "Lady from Shanghai", and "Touch of Evil." I believe Orson Welles had a very good feel for Noir. Unfortunately, at the heioght of the genre, he was in disfavor with the big studios.
Two more recent entries would be "Chinatown" and the 1974 version of "Farewell, My Lovely." |
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| | | jlillich | May 19, 2007 7:07pm | | Noir is darkness, a kind that only reality can bring. What do I mean? Think about crime, for example. Some say that the media creates crime for its own sake. I would take this a step further and say that crime created the media to show itself off. That's what I think noir is: a darkness in all of us that controls what we think we control. |
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