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The 100 best Film Noirs of all time - C C - Nov 11, 2021
https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/the-100-best-noirs-of-all-time/
INTRO (excerpt): . . . Maybe that’s what makes a list like this so problematic—Raging Bull has strong noir elements, as do Hardcore, Klute, To Live and Die in L.A., Reservoir Dogs, Payback, and Collateral. The first Sin City is a terrific pastiche, as is Carl Reiner’s more sincere homage, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid. The original Insomnia was a brilliant reverse noir, exchanging the claustrophobia of night for Nordic midnight sun. John Woo’s classic actioner Hard Boiled is self-explanatory. And in the tradition of Blade Runner (No. 29), modern sci-fi films from Gattaca to Ex Machina possess inarguably noir traits. So how do you draw a line in an ambiguous-by-nature whatever it is?
We’ll start with the following 100 titles. Some 70 years after the term “film noir” was first uttered, take a trip through the screwed-up terrain of the mid-century psyche, with all its sex, lies, and crime scene tape. Let’s get going—don’t say we didn’t warn you... (MORE - the list, details)
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Back in the late '80s, Bill Cosby berated fellow cast member Lisa Bonet for appearing in a racial stereotyping voodoo movie. But "Angel Heart" still clocks in at #100 here. Perhaps a consequence of what happens when you become the "king of roofie exploits". Your past opinions concerning anything or anyone kind of roll off down their own gutter.
RE: The 100 best Film Noirs of all time - Magical Realist - Nov 12, 2021
Part of the genius of Bladerunner was its seamless blending of film noir and dystopian sci-fi. The detective pursuing the criminals in the rainy streets at night. The detective voice-over narrating the plot. Motifs of light and shadow all thruout the film. One of the best films ever made imo.