Reply With QuoteI just started getting into them recently and I have a few I like but my only favorite so far is
The Big Sleep
I have a confession to make. As much as I love Brubaker's Criminal, I am frequently intimidated by the back-matter. There is so much discussion of movies I've never heard of, let alone seen. I have a good background in modern noir movies I suppose, but guys like Brubaker and Siuntres just blow me away with everything they know about the genre.
So here's an exercise. Do people want to recommend their top 5 favorite noir films and then I'll check out the ones that there seems to be a good consensus for?
Originally Posted by Ed Brubaker
I just started getting into them recently and I have a few I like but my only favorite so far is
The Big Sleep
What do we define as Noir?
Out of the Past
-josh
Hmm. Better left for experts beyond myself? Why don't we go with anything they'd talk about in the back of Criminal?
The Man Who Wasn't There - Coens
Vertigo - Hitchcock
Breathless - Goddard
Bound - Wachowskis
Shadow of a Doubt - Hitchcock
Winter is Coming.
Seen Bound, I have Breathless waiting to be watched. Been meaning to check out Vertigo for quite a while now.
I've also seen your name sake and that was just an astounding film.
great fucking list all the way around.
Naked City
Sunset Blvd.
Chinatown
Breathless
Le Samurai
Some of those are neo-noir, which I assume we're including.
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