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RE: TV

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on May 18, 2019 at 10:20:13

In Reply to: TV posted by Vegman70 on May 17, 2019 at 17:12:00:

I here ya, but the nuanced noir in Naked City isn't anywhere near as depressing from my perspective as the devisively unethical world we live in today. The NYPD officers whose lives are realistically portrayed in that series come across as more compassionate and down to earth than the real world grifters and politicians we see on TV every day.

We both apparently have the entire series on DVD and consider Naked City one of the best dramas of the late 50's/early 60's. The most gut wrenching episode of Naked City I remember has hillbilly drifter Bruce Dern driving to NYC with his underage wife, quickly turning to random robbery and thrill killing while the police, with little to go on, try to track them down. Awesome performances all around.

Maybe it's just me, but I've rarely found anything noirish in film & television from that era that's too depressing to watch. Nevertheless, I can certainly understand others being more sensitive to the darker mood driven settings in police procedurals such as Naked City. It's gritty B&W realism still holds up today.

Cheers,
AuPh

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