Official Film Noir on Blu-ray Thread

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by joie

What about Western Noir? Someone commenting on a front page news item is happy to see a "Western Noir" being released.

Which title? We do have Pursued on the list, and I need to add Ramrod too.

[MifuneFan]

Added:

[eripsam]

Originally Posted by BouCoupDinkyDau

Jazz & blues, baby. Jazz and blues.

All art builds off of what came before, just like all science, religion, etc.

While I respect the contributions of film noir to cinema, if we're going to be honest jazz scoring wasn't really one of them, especially those revered 1940s film noir movies. I know the great film Touch of Evil has jazz in its film but it isn't scored like those neo-noir films. However, I think that game L.A. noire has tracks that have classical film noir elements.

[MifuneFan]

Ride the Pink Horse site review

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Ride the Pink Horse Blu-ray REVIEW



Aspiring writers should be required to study this film. Phenomenal writing, but this is hardly surprising considering the fact that the great Ben Hecht did the script with Charles Lederer.

Excellent release



Pro-B

[joie]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Which title? We do have Pursued on the list, and I need to add Ramrod too.

Two Men in Town -- https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=16289

ambientcafe calls it Western Noir in the comments.

[EVERYONE LIES]

If you think Western Noir is a genre (which I don't believe it is), there is an article about it in the new Noir City

[MifuneFan]

Just want to give everyone following this thread the heads-up that Twilight Time will be having a sale in honor of their 4th anniversary. It starts today at 4PM EST, and lasts till April 3rd. A few noir titles are included

Purchase link: http://screenarchives.com/
Price: $19.99 (plus shipping)




Full list below:

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[EVERYONE LIES]

I'm looking for a recommendation. I'm determining between The Big Combo & Hangmen Also Die.

[MifuneFan]

Twilight Time sale is live

[tallrichard]

Originally Posted by EVERYONE LIES

I'm looking for a recommendation. I'm determining between The Big Combo & Hangmen Also Die.

Hangmen Also Die would be my recommendation out of your two. While HAD can be talky and Cohen Group has a great print available.

The Big Combo is public domain and the companies releasing it aren't spending anything to restore it...

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by tallrichard

Hangmen Also Die would be my recommendation out of your two. While HAD can be talky and Cohen Group has a great print available.

The Big Combo is public domain and the companies releasing it aren't spending anything to restore it...

Actually The Big Combo is sourced from a restoration...

Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive in association with The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by The Film Foundation. Newly re-mastered in HD by Olive Films and Ignite Films.

[tallrichard]

Originally Posted by EVERYONE LIES

If you think Western Noir is a genre (which I don't believe it is), there is an article about it in the new Noir City

Western Noir is a genre? Or is it that some Film Noirs are set in the old West?

Pursued and Ramrod are both Film Noirs...I've never heard of Western Noir and I think you'd need more than 2 films to make a genre.

Two Men in Town and Lone Star are both Neo-Noir in my book....as is After Dark, My Sweet.

[The Great Owl]

My region free copy of Inferno arrived in the mail yesterday, along with my Blu-rays of Ride the Pink Horse (Criterion) and The Cover-Up (Kino Lorber).

This weekend should be pretty noirtastic for me, as long as I don't drop the ball and let real world stuff get in the way like I did last weekend. My viewing of The Prowler a couple of weeks ago got me in the mood to go back to "Dark City."

[Edward J Grug III]

Originally Posted by tallrichard

Western Noir is a genre? Or is it that some Film Noirs are set in the old West?

Pursued and Ramrod are both Film Noirs...I've never heard of Western Noir and I think you'd need more than 2 films to make a genre.

Two Men in Town and Lone Star are both Neo-Noir in my book....as is After Dark, My Sweet.

I'm no expert, but it's not the first time I've heard of the genre.

http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs...rbara-stanwyck

[The Great Owl]

Regardless of any overt genre classifications, I think that film noir and westerns often go hand-in-hand, in terms of exploring the darker edges of human character.

Classic-era film noir and westerns both concern man's behavior during economically difficult time periods, they both often have bleak endings, and they both often feature charismatic antiheroes (John Wayne's Ethan Edwards in The Searchers could have been quite an incredible private detective in a parallel universe.).

In addition to the westerns mentioned in previous posts, I think that Jubal (1956) has a solid helping of the noir vibe. Delmer Daves certainly knew his way around noir stepping stones. Valerie French is not half bad as a femme fatale.

Maybe I'm just biased, because Blu-ray.com says that both film noir and westerns are "strongly over-represented" in my collection.

[EVERYONE LIES]

Originally Posted by tallrichard

Hangmen Also Die would be my recommendation out of your two. While HAD can be talky and Cohen Group has a great print available.

The Big Combo is public domain and the companies releasing it aren't spending anything to restore it...

I'm leaning toward Hangmen Also Die but the TT sale might change my mind

[Edward J Grug III]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

In addition to the westerns mentioned in previous posts, I think that Jubal (1956) has a solid helping of the noir vibe. Delmer Daves certainly knew his way around noir stepping stones. Valerie French is not half bad as a femme fatale.

Jubal is another one I thought of, yes. I feel like there was some discussion of this in the Criterion thread when it came out?

[EVERYONE LIES]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

My region free copy of Inferno arrived in the mail yesterday, along with my Blu-rays of Ride the Pink Horse (Criterion) and The Cover-Up (Kino Lorber).

This weekend should be pretty noirtastic for me, as long as I don't drop the ball and let real world stuff get in the way like I did last weekend. My viewing of The Prowler a couple of weeks ago got me in the mood to go back to "Dark City."

I'm glad to see someone else get The Cover-Up. I think it is underrated plus the cover with William Bendix is awesome.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Edward J Grug III

Jubal is another one I thought of, yes. I feel like there was some discussion of this in the Criterion thread when it came out?

Probably so. I was a little late to the party in terms of buying the disc, but the noir parallels are distinct, and they make for good discussion. I'm in the mood to revisit Jubal, in fact.

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by tallrichard

Western Noir is a genre? Or is it that some Film Noirs are set in the old West?

Pursued and Ramrod are both Film Noirs...I've never heard of Western Noir and I think you'd need more than 2 films to make a genre.

Two Men in Town and Lone Star are both Neo-Noir in my book....as is After Dark, My Sweet.

Imogen Sara Smith has addressed this topic in her book, In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City. See Chapter 8: "Past Sunset: Noir Westerns."