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In Reply to: Stanley Kubrick's "The Killing" posted by mikenyc on March 16, 2002 at 14:07:18:

Glad to see your post. I'm a noir fan myself and yes, this is a great movie. There were some trashy noirs, not this one. I just recently caught the "Asphalt Jungle". Excellent film, perhaps not up to the above.
The Petrified Forest, was that noir? Of course, the Maltese was. We had a discussion of noir somewhere down in this forum. Some fine movies recommended, many of which I've been unable to find. What is a good source for these oldies?
Regarding your rant, I feel the stories or screenplays are largely trash today. Dialog, forget it. General Devolution, we salute thee!
Right now, I'm reading Raymond Chandler's early work. Finally hit paydirt with "Red Wind". Of course, I've read a few of his famous novels. Just trying to get into more of his oevre. Then there is Traven to reread. A new writer I just discovered in Harper's appears promising. Adam Johnson, he's got a book of short stories coming out at the end of this month. Not noir exactly, but I liked his story "Teen Sniper" a lot.

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Re: Asphalt Jungle?! (nt) - geoffkait 02:49:53 03/17/02 (2)
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- Re: Asphalt Jungle?! (nt) - mikenyc 15:33:48 03/17/02 (1)
  Forgot this one.
  How about "The Big Heat" by Fritz Lang?
  I just picked this one up on DVD too. Great performances by Glenn Ford, Lee Marvin and Gloria Grahame.
  Especially Lee Marvin as the unpredictable lacky of the Crime Boss, Alexander Scourby. I love the scalding coffee scene with Grahame.
  Another terrifying film to me was "Prime Cut" directed by Michael Ritchie, again with Marvin, with Gene Hackman as the Crime Boss named Mary Ann. An extremely chilling film!
  Between this and a similar role in "Point Blank" and "The Killers" by Don Siegel, with Ronald Reagan as the gang boss, Lee Marvin had the characterization "down" by this time.
  - Re: Asphalt Jungle?! (nt) - edta 20:43:13 03/21/02 (0)
    Never saw Big Heat or Prime Cut. But I'd like to. Where did you get the DVD's?
    I liked what I've seen of Marvin. Great villain.
Don't forget to check out Cornell Woolrich (nt) - bubbahotep 22:31:06 03/16/02 (3)
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- Re: Don't forget to check out Cornell Woolrich (nt) - edta 20:33:10 03/22/02 (0)
  I'd love to check it out, if I could only find a source for these old flics. Thanks.
- Re: Don't forget to check out Cornell Woolrich (nt) - mikenyc 01:37:41 03/17/02 (1)
  Loved "The Bride Wore Black" !
  - Not bad... not bad... (nt) - Victor Khomenko 06:56:40 03/23/02 (0)
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