Wednesday, 03 March, 2010

1. By Mean Jean. Comment posted 03-Mar-2010 @09:19am:

   I absolutely loved that. I wish they had ended with the final shot of "The Third Man", Alida Vali walking away.
2. By Curtis. Comment posted 03-Mar-2010 @10:38am:

   I think it sucked and was dullsville, like the legions of cheap commercial images co-opted from the genre to sell crap only this was selling what? "I'm cool for making this and you're cool for watching it." Bah.
   
   I just finished reading a pretty good history of the wellspring of noir: A Bright and Guilty Place.
   
   The best post-noir film that makes fair use of the genre to say something fresh and interesting about the genre with zero simpering nostalgia?
   
   The Big Lebowski.
3. By il Vecchio. Comment posted 03-Mar-2010 @11:58am:

   No love for the genre from this quarter. I was growing up during its heyday and sat in movie houses many an afternoon wondering if someone had put a 15 watt bulb in the projector.
   
   There were some great noir films, but plenty of uninspired mediocrities too.
4. By . Comment posted 03-Mar-2010 @01:01pm:

   An audio soundtrack should enhance and work in harmony with, not overwhelm and detract from, the video. The single-chord, pseudo-techno-wannabe track was malapropos.
5. By Curtis. Comment posted 03-Mar-2010 @03:59pm:

   pseudo-techno-wannabe

   
   
   That was "Angel" by Massive Attack. Hardly wannabes. Still, the video sucketh and the juxtaposing of now sound with then images was all posing and no juxta.
6. By Brent. Comment posted 03-Mar-2010 @05:39pm:

   I really liked it. So there.
   
   It's like "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" with the moronic Steve Martin parts taken out.
7. By Brent. Comment posted 03-Mar-2010 @05:43pm:

   I've figured out why you guys don't like it. Power of suggestion. In the first few seconds you hear Fred MacMurray say that "everything would go wrong." It affects your perception of the whole thing.
   
   Has anyone seen "Romeo is Bleeding?" I like what they did with the genre in that film.
8. By . Comment posted 03-Mar-2010 @06:06pm:

   Whatevah — glad you seem to agree with me that the a/v marriage could have benefited from employing the services of a shadchan. The video started out inoffensively enough with Fred-man walking, but once the audio kicked in, so did the retch reflex.
9. By Curtis. Comment posted 03-Mar-2010 @07:39pm:

   glad you seem to agree with me that the a/v marriage could have benefited from employing the services of a shadchan

   
   
   Mos def.
   
   

   I've figured out why you guys don't like it. Power of suggestion.

   
   
   Wrong.
10. By . Comment posted 03-Mar-2010 @08:24pm:

    Detour.... absolutely the best in film noir.
11. By DonL. Comment posted 03-Mar-2010 @09:04pm:

    Did everybody smoke back then?
12. By banjo brad. Comment posted 03-Mar-2010 @10:01pm:

    Did everybody smoke back then?

    
    
    Yep!
13. By Gee.... Comment posted 03-Mar-2010 @10:19pm:

    I liked it!
    I had fun naming the movies.
    Not enough Lauren Bacall though.
    
    
14. By . Comment posted 04-Mar-2010 @01:32pm:

    Why all the mean-spiritedness?
    
    I know "excellent" when I see it, and Turner Classic Movies can't do better than this.
    
    Kudos from a family of writers, actors and film editors.
    Pro.
15. By Neon Scribe. Comment posted 11-Mar-2010 @03:33pm:

    I loved it! How about giving us a list of the films used?
16. By . Comment posted 11-Mar-2010 @05:53pm:

    The first scene where the man thinks he is walking like a dead man and cant hear his own footsteps, What movie is that from?
17. By Pax Romano. Comment posted 11-Mar-2010 @06:30pm:

    Brilliant, so many incredible scenes, from so many incredible films...well done!
18. By . Comment posted 11-Mar-2010 @10:40pm:

    The nihilism of the post-war married to the despair of unemployed, commercialist 90's Brit. The more things change, the more they are still nothing.
19. By . Comment posted 12-Mar-2010 @09:43am:

    The editing was stellar. The perfect song. Loved it!
20. By Sam Devol. Comment posted 12-Mar-2010 @01:05pm:

    Thanks! That was enjoyable.

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