Neo-Noir Films
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IdleRich
IdleRich
Resurrecting this thread cos I"m watching Neo-noir called The Show and I remember that this is actually one of my favourite genres. Thie is a good one too - so far at least - it's actually written by Alan Moore, as opposed to adapted from one of his books, I read that he was sick of Hollywood getting him wrong so he decided to cut out the middleman, and, while it is noticeably cheaper looking than Watchmen or From Hell - plus it's set in Northampton - it's also a lot more enjoyable and much less po-faced. Loads of good one-liners and punning posters as our detective straight man wanders through an increasingly weird parallel dimension version of the town. This is the sort of thing I like and I like it.
Trailer here
Now a cameo from Alan Moore himself...
Trailer here
Now a cameo from Alan Moore himself...
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
IdleRich
IdleRich
I have seen it now and agreed it's not as bad as you might think. Mitchum is one of those cool guys. Do you know that guy who was in Shameless and now The Bear? He looks so much like Mitchum.
Farewell, My Lovely is Chandler isn't it? I read it fairly recently but I've no idea if I've seen the film... but either way, what makes it neo-noir rather than noir, I mean his books are the kinda epitome of hardboiled noir, though I guess an adaptation can do what it wants with the style.
WashYourHands
Cat Malogen
Night shift psychosis watch, dunno if it qualifies but could be listed in recommended films too
don’t want to sound like a Biscetti goth but all these people are now dead
don’t want to sound like a Biscetti goth but all these people are now dead
IdleRich
IdleRich
Or wait, am I getting mixed up? I love this stuff but the titles are so generic... I'm actually in a bookshop now and looking at the hardboiled section... The Sweetheart of the Razors by Peter Chutney... why is it 15 euros for that tatty old paper back?
IdleRich
IdleRich
Did I? I can't remember that either now... can you straighten this out for me?
a) Is Farewell, My Lovely by Chandler or am I just mixing it up with the Long Goodbye?
b) What happens in Farewell My Lovely?
c) What happens in Murder My Sweet? Anything that I once knew about that film is totally gone - I can't remember that title or what happens in it, who is in it etc etc
a) Is Farewell, My Lovely by Chandler or am I just mixing it up with the Long Goodbye?
b) What happens in Farewell My Lovely?
c) What happens in Murder My Sweet? Anything that I once knew about that film is totally gone - I can't remember that title or what happens in it, who is in it etc etc
DLaurent
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Farewell my Lovely is Chandler. Both films are very similar, as the remake pretty much follows the original. I can't recall the actors in the original but the remake is Mitchum. Both are just Marlowe being asked to find a missing wife for a rather large chap called Moose (I should find out who those large sized actors are as they're good). Marlowe gets into all sorts of trouble along the way but is his usual swaggering self.
IdleRich
IdleRich
Ah yeah, Farewell My Lovely - the book anyhow - is about a huge guy who has come out of jail or something and he's looking for an ex who has disappeared or died or something.
The Long Goodbye is when he helps a guy who has just been divorced from a rich woman. The guy goes to live in Mexico or something and it's reported that he's died.
The Long Goodbye is when he helps a guy who has just been divorced from a rich woman. The guy goes to live in Mexico or something and it's reported that he's died.
