NOIR FILMS - RECOMMENDATION LISTS
I strongly suggest you consult my web site, where you will
find a rather large chapter devoted to Noir/HB films. It's
giving recommendation lists and they are grouped by time
periods (from noir roots to neo-noir). For
*each period* there are also, besides the list of recommended
films, a selection of 4 films considered as the best and most
representative. There are of course some general comments
(short texts) for each period, allowing you to situate why
these periods and how I see the evolution of this
genre.
I suppose that nobody here will again try to prove that Noir
is strictly a kind of expressionist crime film produced
during a certain time frame by the American cinema (roughly
40's and 50's). That's a false and obsolete view. Noir film
is a genre. And it's international.
You may also be interested by the attached chapters showing
the links of other cinema genres with Noir, genres wherein a
lot of good films are in fact Noir under disguise.
(title: Noir neighbors)
You will find these chapters and film recommendations at:
HARD-BOILED MYSTERIES http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
check out the FILMS section link (in: CONTENTS)
Hope this will help.
E.Borgers HARD-BOILED MYSTERIES
At 09:33 22-08-03 +1000, you wrote:
>Mark,
>
>Good questions. I guess I'm looking at earlier or
"classic" Noir films. They
>don't *have* to be b&w or from the 40's, but I
already have later releases,
>like Tarantino's, covered.
>
>So, thinking about it a bit more, I guess I'm looking
for dark crime films,
>pre-1980. But, of course, if there are stand-outs
after 1980, I'd like to
>know them too. As I may not have them yet.
>
>Hmmmm, maybe this should be two lists: "Classic Noir"
and "Modern Noir"? Or
>is that making it too complicated?
>
>Steve
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