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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Vorzimmer"
<jvorzimmer@...> wrote:
"Are there any films from in the classic period that were
shot in color? I can't think of any"
There are a few:
Slightly Scarlet (1956)-based on Cain's "Love's Lovely
Counterfeit", Desert Fury (1947), Leave Her To Heaven
(1945).
Alan
Alan K. Rode www.alanrode.com
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Vorzimmer"
<jvorzimmer@...> wrote:
>
> > So do most film noir fans believe that there is
a
> > cut-off date?
>
> Actually a lot of books and essays on film noir seem
to agree on a
first and
> last. The first being Stranger on the Third Floor
(1940) and the
last as
> being Touch of Evil (1958). Of course, there are
still films being
made
> today that fit the noir mold, but the period 1940-58
was seen as
the first
> and "classic" period of film noir.
>
> Of course there's the argument that since film noir
is a style
rather than a
> genre and part of that style includes filming in
black and white
(long after
> the advent of color), a film noir has to be black
and white, which
would
> preclude most films after 1958, but would still
include Cape Fear
(1962) and
> even more recent examples, The Woman Chaser (1999)
and Sin City
(2005).
>
> Are there any films from in the classic period that
were shot in
color? I
> can't think of any.
>
> Jeff
>
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