Saw "DOA" with Edmund O'Brien last night. Actually, he starred in the movie; I watched the movie alone. Anyway--this is one great movie of the film noir genre. I also watched "Detour", a film with the ultimate femme fatale. And Neville Brand played the psycho in DOA to the hilt. As much as I love Humphrey Bogart as Phillip Marlowe, I prefer Robert Mitchum's take on the role, but that old black and white style of the Bogart version works better for me because it distinguishes the noir in the film as much as the actors and actresses.

I know you have your classic color noir like "Chinatown" and "L.A. Confidential", but the b + w noir adds that touch of mystery and atmosphere. Also, the film locales become charactors in the films. How many times have you seen the Bradbury Building in classic movies or tv shows (Outer Limits: The Man with the Glass Hand--if memory serves me--starring Robert Culp). That building with its old style elevator adds charactor to any noir scene.

Tonight I'm watching the classics "The Maltese Falcon" and "Laura."

Do you have any film noir you can recommend to me. I keep finding new ones all the time (like Detour), but I'd love to find more.

Thanks ahead of time.

AC

This is SF film Noir. If you like "Blade Runner" and "Fifth Element", check it out.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314063/

"Kill me again", "Red Rock West" are my other faves.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097662/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105226/


This is French film. English titles are "Elevator to the Gallows", "Elevator to the Scaffold", "Frantic". This is best fil noir to me. Check it out.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051378/

Aha! A film noir festival.

Double Indemnity is a classic, plus try The Killers and The Postman Always Rings Twice.

Aha! A film noir festival.

Double Indemnity is a classic, plus try The Killers and The Postman Always Rings Twice.

Ah! "The Postman Always Rings Twice" was pretty good. Which do you like? 1946 version or 1981 version? I like old version.

Ah! "The Postman Always Rings Twice" was pretty good. Which do you like? 1946 version or 1981 version? I like old version.

How about Les Diaboliques? The 1955 French version is unbelievable!

Aha! A film noir festival.

Double Indemnity is a classic, plus try The Killers and The Postman Always Rings Twice.

DOUBLE INDEMNITY might be the most underrated flick ever. Great story, great acting, great everything.

Having watched so many of these with my dad years ago, but not being able to remember titles I found the following site helpful in jogging my memory: http://www.filmsite.org/filmnoir.html

Classic noir:
Touch of Evil
The Third Man
Cape Fear
The Night of ther Hunter
Key Largo
Strangers on a Train
The Wrong Man
Notorious
Kiss of Death
Night and the City

Modern Noir:
Body Heat
Blue Velvet
Black Widow
Last Seduction
The Usual Suspects
La Femme Nikita(French Version)
Leon(The Professional)
Blood Simple
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid(got to lighten the mood)
Memento
The Spanish Prisoner
Strange Days
Gattaca
Dark City

How about 'The Man Who Wasn't There' starring Billy Bob Thornton, James Gandolfini and Frances McDormand? They even filmed it in black-and-white.

How about Les Diaboliques? The 1955 French version is unbelievable!

Yes, I like this French version. Sharon Stone's version was terrible!

Having watched so many of these with my dad years ago, but not being able to remember titles I found the following site helpful in jogging my memory: http://www.filmsite.org/filmnoir.html

Classic noir:
Touch of Evil
The Third Man
Cape Fear
The Night of ther Hunter
Key Largo
Strangers on a Train
The Wrong Man
Notorious
Kiss of Death
Night and the City

Modern Noir:
Body Heat
Blue Velvet
Black Widow
Last Seduction
The Usual Suspects
La Femme Nikita(French Version)
Leon(The Professional)
Blood Simple
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid(got to lighten the mood)
Memento
The Spanish Prisoner
Strange Days
Gattaca
Dark City

Ah, Scott, NOTORIOUS. Now you're talkin' my kind of talk. One of Hitchcock's very best. (Maybe =the= best--I wouldn't argue hard!)