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Posted by: auge_28 at March 26, 2008, 3:49 pm

Topic: Defining Film Noir . . . Forum: JoBlo

Quote: Originally Posted by spacemonkey Noir films Ive seen: Crimewave (Raimi and the Coens) The Man Who Wasnt There
Dark City Sin City Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow I would not consider Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow remotely Noir . . . but the rest are decent examples of Neo-Noir.
I have never seen Crimewave so cannot answer to it. Quote: Originally Posted by spacemonkey Plus most of the Universal films which strangely enough is where a lot of film noir had its roots. In old universal films like Dracula, The Mummy and most of all James Whales The Invisble Man, which according to what Ive read about film Noir is the Univesal film that most sticks to the Noir style. I would guess that these films are limited in there relationship to Film Noir . . . I would say that the genres are more likely step siblings of each other. The parent they share is German Expressionism . . . probably based more on Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1922). Quote: Originally Posted by spacemonkey Yeah, I can clearly tell this is your favorite genre. Ive only touched upon it, Ive only seen some of the neo noir stuff, non of the classical stuff as you have. Any suggestions as to where I should start? The Naked City,
White Heat,
Double Indemnity,
Sunset Boulevard
The Third Man. Those will give you a pretty good cross section of films to go by.

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