Film Noir

DLaurent

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Westerns and War films are my big blind spots. I always said I liked the atmosphere of noir, how I could drift in and out, when there's too much shooting I lose focus.
 

DLaurent

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You could do Yakuza films.
I was going to do a thread about what your film milestones in your life were, but decided it's not really worth it to mention how I watched a Lynch film at 18 then got into 'world cinema' in my 20s, where I saw a few Japanese films, but can't remember that many pure Yakuza films, so it's a possibility.

I should rewatch the The Yakuza the Mitchum film.
 

kid charlemagne

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schrader will always have my respect, but he disrespected clint eastwood on a podcast, and has been making weird posts about AI..... just put ur head down and make movies old man
 

vershy versh

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Watched a decent British one the other night called The Blue Lamp. It's copaganda as it centers on affable bobbies on the beat in post-war London chasing down a young Dirk Bogarde for shooting one of their own, but worth a look. Brilliant sequence at the end where they get him trapped at a dog track.



 

DLaurent

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I got this for Christmas, not watched any properly yet as can't get into Brit Noir, with a few exceptions like Hell Drivers, The Upturned Glass, Cash on Demand, and 36 Hours AKA Terror Street but that has Dan Duryea. Highly Dangerous too, but not really a noir. Saw The Blue Lamp years ago before I got into noir. Admittedly never given Brit Noir much of a chance.


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catalog

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I got this for Christmas, not watched any properly yet as can't get into Brit Noir, with a few exceptions like Hell Drivers, The Upturned Glass, Cash on Demand, and 36 Hours AKA Terror Street but that has Dan Duryea. Highly Dangerous too, but not really a noir. Saw The Blue Lamp years ago before I got into noir. Admittedly never given Brit Noir much of a chance.


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This one gets big Iain's thumbs up (I've not seen it)
 
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