tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21627038.post4085377793949126327..comments2023-10-22T09:15:07.925-04:00Comments on 64th and Broadway, Barcelona: Feeling a bit Noirishscothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721020673597941254noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21627038.post-15459764683555470172006-12-06T09:50:00.000-05:002006-12-06T09:50:00.000-05:00Tim,
I know I may have mentioned it before but i...Tim, <br /><br />I know I may have mentioned it before but in that <i>Live Fast, Die Young</i> book about the making of <i>Rebel Without a Cause</i> the authors go into a little bit of depth about Ray's relationship with his stepson after Grahame married him. It's one of the most bizzare stories ever. I definitely look forward to both those movies.scothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01721020673597941254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21627038.post-53395723699149087062006-12-05T15:59:00.000-05:002006-12-05T15:59:00.000-05:00The two Ray films I really hesitate to call Noir, ...The two Ray films I really hesitate to call Noir, although they certainly exhibit the more visual characteristics of the genre. In a Lonely Place, a movie I consider one of the greatest ever made, is also one of the finest ever made about relationships. As I once described it, cinema's most fucked-up relationship off-screen (Ray and lead actress Gloria Grahame, who went on to marry her step-son!) becomes its most fucked-up on-screen. It's marevelous. On Dangerous Ground is really a love story, and a bloody brilliant one at that. Each explores the loneliness of the outsiders, the people at the fringes of society, a little bit like Ray himself.Tim Frohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15833418708042446803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21627038.post-15231180098541663212006-12-04T12:37:00.000-05:002006-12-04T12:37:00.000-05:00Sadly I purchased Out of the past as a stand alone...Sadly I purchased Out of the past as a stand alone, yeah. Maybe I will get that Warner Noirs in the future and just pass on Out of the Past. It would make a nice gift for someone. <br /><br />Thanks for the list. I have more than a few of those on my Netflix queue. The two Nic Ray films are are up near the top ten, and I will move some of the remaining ones towards the top.scothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01721020673597941254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21627038.post-4389933145987927752006-12-02T17:20:00.000-05:002006-12-02T17:20:00.000-05:00Did you purchase Out of the Past as a stand-alone ...Did you purchase Out of the Past as a stand-alone disc? If so, that's unfortunate because it's available in the great Warners Noir Boxset Vol. 1.<br /><br />Here are some primer noirs you ought to check out (just looking through the list you posted):<br /><br />-Laura<br />-Kiss Me Deadly<br />-Pickup on South Street<br />-Double Indemnity<br />-Gun Crazy<br />-The Maltese Falcon<br />-The Big Sleep<br />-The Killing<br />-Night and the City<br />-The Big Heat<br />-Criss Cross<br />-Detour<br />-Force of Evil<br />-In a Lonely Place (although I dispute that it's a noir, but everyone should see this movie because it's a masterpiece)<br />-Nightmare Alley<br />-On Dangerous Ground (another Nicholas Ray film, and pseudo-noir, also great)<br />-Sweet Smell of Success<br />-Thieves' Highway<br />-Touch of Evil<br />-The Big ComboTim Frohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15833418708042446803noreply@blogger.com