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Film Noir
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This post takes examines a small niche in film noir to look at whether or not a film noir filmed in colour can even be considered a film noir at all.
Dementia is a strange Film Noir horror film from 1955. No spoken dialog, but only haunting music and a nice Jazz score accompany disturbing footage of a woman gone mad.
Asphalt tells the story of how a nice young man falls into the clutches of a gorgeous female jewel thief. One of the earliest films noir out there.
The Naked City is the city of New York. In it live 8 million people. This film tells the story of a few of those people. Ordinary people like you and I.
They Drive By Night is a film in two parts, about truck driving brothers Joe and Paul and some sweet noir dames, Cassie and Lana. Sweet early film noir.
Murder, My Sweet is the first Philip Marlowe detective film to hit the screens, before The Big Sleep and others. It's got witty lines, great atmosphere and some very fine acting.
Fury is a chilling film noir about a man wrongfully accused of murder. A mob sets his prison on fire. Presumed dead, he takes revenge on the mob.
The Petrified Forest is a nice early film noir about several people's lives intertwining in a small gas station and diner in the desert. It's an early Bette Davis film, and it's also the one that started Humphrey Bogart's career.
Possessed is a special film noir from 1947, starring Joan Crawford in what some call her best ever performance.