Film Noir

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What do you get when you mix a gaggle of expatriate Austro-Germanic cineasts with a gang of American pulp novelists writing about flawed men and conniving women, some Expressionist lighting to hide the fact they're on a two-bit soundstage, all in shades of gray in post-WWII Hollywood, California? Well, around here we call it Film Noir. Yeah, it's as defined as the morals of its characters, sure, but it's kinda like jazz or pornography, Junior...you'll know it when you see it. So, sit down and keep yer hands where I can see 'em and we'll talk about some of the greats, the losers and whatever else comes to mind while you're bleedin' out and she's spendin' all that insurance money.

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D.O.A. (1949) (youtu.be)

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Film Noir

Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton

Annoying whistle sound, intermittently.

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Film Noir 101, one of the best of the genre: a near-perfect blend of melodrama, pacing, atmosphere and hard-boiled dialogue. The entire production careens just over the edge of "over-the-top". Neville Brand's Chester is iconic! If you've seen it, see it again because you've surely forgotten how good this movie is. If you haven't, well, you know what you have to do.

N.B.: The audio on this copy isn't great and suffers much like today's tone-deaf cinema: barely audible then deafening. You've been warned. The "annoying whistle sound" mentioned in the original post is a (supposedly) incidental wolf whistle in the actual movie soundtrack.

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