The Rules Of Film Noir
I’ll keep this short but this was excellent, a great overview that touched on all the bases – the pulpy origins, the Émigrés, the techniques, technicalities and historical imperatives. Obvious I know but one of the best summaries of noir is on wikipedia although for specific films to locate you can’t beat this. Dodgy ‘oirish’ accent aside ‘The Lady From Shanghai‘ was a joy to see again, below is the influential climax, even Bruce liked that finale.
My personal, all time film noir favourite is here, it’s one of the cruelist examples of the genre and that waterproof jacket reminds of this. Curious, I’ve only just made that connection tonight. Lang was the ultimate master of this material….
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