Film Noir That I Own
This was inspired by my first-time viewing of Kiss Me Deadly tonight.
This was a little tough to decide on. Plenty of films are "noirish", but I tried to stick to films that are true examples and not just police procedurals (Se7en), gangster/crime flicks (Scarface, White Heat, etc) or thrillers (M), psychological or otherwise. But then I put things in there like Dillinger and Dark Passage. I avoided overly Sci-fi movies like Blade Runner and Dark City. But I did decide to include Sin City because I feel it adheres most to noir, of its influences.
Noir is funny like that; it's hard to pinpoint what it is exactly and people have different opinions about what it is and what films qualify, but here's what I decided on:
Note: A few titles are absent, such as Sunset Boulevard, the DVD of which I sold when the Blu-ray was announced, but there is still no release date. The Killing and Killer's Kiss will be added to the collection next month, thanks to Criterion.
This was a little tough to decide on. Plenty of films are "noirish", but I tried to stick to films that are true examples and not just police procedurals (Se7en), gangster/crime flicks (Scarface, White Heat, etc) or thrillers (M), psychological or otherwise. But then I put things in there like Dillinger and Dark Passage. I avoided overly Sci-fi movies like Blade Runner and Dark City. But I did decide to include Sin City because I feel it adheres most to noir, of its influences.
Noir is funny like that; it's hard to pinpoint what it is exactly and people have different opinions about what it is and what films qualify, but here's what I decided on:
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