I love a good noir! I know this is obvious but The Maltese Falcon is a great introduction.
Loooove Blow Out!
I took a class my last year of college that focused on them and we had to write a spec for our own noir as a final project and I wish I saved a copy of mine on my own drive instead of the school drive because I got an A and my classmates really loved it. Ugh, I miss having encouragement and ambition.
I grew up watching old movies on TV so I’ve seen a ton of noir. These are all great - I especially love The Third Man. I’ll watch anything with Orson Welles and/or Joseph Cotten.
One of my favourites growing up was The Strange Love of Martha Ivers. It was on TV every year or so and I always made sure to watch it. Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin and (ew) Kirk Douglas. Such a weird but intriguing film.
Shadow Of A Doubt is another great one - Joseph Cotten again. And I’ve never been a big Bogart fan, but In A Lonely Place was really good.
I kind of miss having those movies just be on TV on weekend afternoons. We have everything at our fingertips now so the youngs these days don’t know the thrill of an old movie you loved a couple of years ago but have no way of watching otherwise turns up on Bill Collins’ Golden Years of Hollywood one Saturday night.
Love Dark City and Lost Highway, also going to add Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Sunset Boulevard, Laura, and Brick. Also maybe Decision to Leaave. Adding your other suggestions to my list :)
Also how are we forgetting the greatest noir film of all: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Why does this remind me of people saying The Gate is a great horror intro for kids when that movie scared the shit out of me more than Freddy or The Terminator (the 2nd was more terrifying tbh, the milk carton scene 😬)
40s noir is much more tame than Roger Rabbit 😂
Not saying you said it was a good intro to noir, specifically for kids, but since I watched it as a kid and it’s part cartoon…anyway, I should go to bed 😂
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Loooove Blow Out!
I took a class my last year of college that focused on them and we had to write a spec for our own noir as a final project and I wish I saved a copy of mine on my own drive instead of the school drive because I got an A and my classmates really loved it. Ugh, I miss having encouragement and ambition.
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One of my favourites growing up was The Strange Love of Martha Ivers. It was on TV every year or so and I always made sure to watch it. Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin and (ew) Kirk Douglas. Such a weird but intriguing film.
Shadow Of A Doubt is another great one - Joseph Cotten again. And I’ve never been a big Bogart fan, but In A Lonely Place was really good.
I kind of miss having those movies just be on TV on weekend afternoons. We have everything at our fingertips now so the youngs these days don’t know the thrill of an old movie you loved a couple of years ago but have no way of watching otherwise turns up on Bill Collins’ Golden Years of Hollywood one Saturday night.
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Saaaame. But weekday nights 😆 PBS was great with those.
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I like 90s noir like The Last Seduction, Romeo Is Bleeding, Devil in a Blue Dress, Dark City and Lost Highway.
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Also how are we forgetting the greatest noir film of all: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
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Why does this remind me of people saying The Gate is a great horror intro for kids when that movie scared the shit out of me more than Freddy or The Terminator (the 2nd was more terrifying tbh, the milk carton scene 😬)
40s noir is much more tame than Roger Rabbit 😂
Not saying you said it was a good intro to noir, specifically for kids, but since I watched it as a kid and it’s part cartoon…anyway, I should go to bed 😂
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