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25.11.09

No Matter How Dark the Content, Hollywood Noirs Always End with a Hint of Bliss

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 8:58 AM 3 comments:
Labels: Byron Haskin, Don DeFore, film noir, Kristine Miller, Too Late for Tears

22.11.09

Savage Eyes: A Little Too Close for Comfort


Posted by Bill Yarrow at 2:51 PM No comments:
Labels: Ann Savage, Detour, Edgar G. Ulmer, film noir, Tom Neal

21.11.09

Not Every Wet Dark Street is a Noir Tableau

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 10:08 AM No comments:
Labels: film noir, Frank Capra, Gary Cooper, Meet John Doe

18.11.09

In Noirs, as in Horror, It's All About the Eyes


Posted by Bill Yarrow at 4:00 PM No comments:
Labels: Ann Sheridan, film noir, Norman Foster, Woman on the Run

In the Best Noirs, Something is Stylized


Posted by Bill Yarrow at 3:50 PM No comments:
Labels: film noir, Fritz Lang, M, Peter Lorre

In Noirs, a Gunshot is Indistinguishable from a Kiss

Posted by Bill Yarrow at 3:00 PM No comments:
Labels: Barbara Stanwyck, film noir, Kirk Douglas, Lewis Milestone, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Noir Protagonists are Not Torn by a Morally Ambiguous Choice: They are Just Torn


Posted by Bill Yarrow at 2:34 PM No comments:
Labels: film noir, John Payne, Kansas City Confidential, Phil Karlson

In Noirs, as in Paradise Lost, Darkness is Visible




Posted by Bill Yarrow at 11:14 AM No comments:
Labels: Bernard Vorhaus, film noir, John Alton, Lynn Bari, The Amazing Mr. X, Turhan Bey

In Noirs, Anger is Replaced by Rage


Posted by Bill Yarrow at 10:22 AM No comments:
Labels: Delmer Daves, Edward G. Robinson, film noir, The Red House
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      • No Matter How Dark the Content, Hollywood Noirs Al...
      • Savage Eyes: A Little Too Close for Comfort
      • Not Every Wet Dark Street is a Noir Tableau
      • In Noirs, as in Horror, It's All About the Eyes
      • In the Best Noirs, Something is Stylized
      • In Noirs, a Gunshot is Indistinguishable from a Kiss
      • Noir Protagonists are Not Torn by a Morally Ambigu...
      • In Noirs, as in Paradise Lost, Darkness is Visible
      • In Noirs, Anger is Replaced by Rage

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