Have been unaware of this one yet. Looks promising, so I'm putting it on my shopping list.... One of the best books about Film Noir I have read so far, is a German release: Kino der Nacht - Hollywoods Schwarze Serie, written by Heinzlmeier, Menningen & Schulz, first published in 1985. Strongly recommended to dedicated genre lovers fluent in German
My favourite, along with the Movie Book of Noir, which is, if course, a collection of pieces from various authors.
Here's a great book about the French Film Noir. I love how the cover shows off the Unholy Trinity... Here's another one I really like a lot.
Nice Marie Windsor picture. Please add text to posted images in the future for the benefit of people who may not be able to identify the image. More importantly, if the image link ever goes dead, readers will still have some context.
+1 The Narrow Margin: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, and Richard Fleischer. Doesn't get any more Noir than that. I love anything Charles McGraw.
Just watched Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) for the first time, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster. Good suspense and storyline, building up to the climactic final scene. Barbara Stanwyck played the panic stricken neurotic wonderfully. Enjoyed it a lot.
Here is a list of some southern or swamp noir films you may want to see: Body Heat (8/28/81) China Moon (1/94) https://youtu.be/nc4jNN-afbQ Palmetto (2/20/98) https://youtu.be/HIzG2skqkLo Wild Things (3/20/98) https://youtu.be/RkSY0Y00sb4 Out of Time (9/7/03) https://youtu.be/FmhGN6dC0zc And here is a list of some western (southwestern? dusty?) noir films you may want to see: Blood Simple (3/26/84) https://youtu.be/TFzPVLdGtAg Kill Me Again (10/27/89) https://youtu.be/8QV7l_6dX5c After Dark, My Sweet ((5/17/90) https://youtu.be/ypkLqRRcqgg Red Rock West (5/14/93) https://youtu.be/rqlGO7rYhwY Truth Or Consequences, N.M. (5/2/97) https://youtu.be/rbEZJWi0X9o U Turn (8/27/97) https://youtu.be/uUK79LRP-Nc Clay Pigeons (9/15/98) https://youtu.be/_XSqN5dnrQE The Salton Sea (2/12/02) https://youtu.be/hvkGhYkF2nw
My standard is Double Indemnity and The Maltese Falcon... Equaled but never bettered......Absolutely love the genre... I also quite like Neo Noir
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