Cole

Whovian, film nerd, Austenite, museum addict, long suffering Cubs fan, avid reader...

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Day 23 #NoirvemberChallenge

Cast a New Marlowe or Spade with a Current Actor

I think I’d like to see Idris Elba or Clive Owen take on either character, although I think I lean towards Elba as Marlow and Owen as Spade.

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Day 22 #NoirvemberChallenge

Favorite Secretary in a Noir: This one’s easy for me: Ella Raines in Phantom Lady.

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Day 21 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Film Noir on a Train: My first thought is This Gun for Hire for the great scene between Ladd and Lake, but I can’t not acknowledge Double Indemnity…

Favorite Film Noir on a Boat: The Lady from Shanghai

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Day 20 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Line from a Film Noir So many options, but I’m going with Laura and one of Waldo Lydecker’s many great quotes “In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention”

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Day 19 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Film Noir with an Address Since I’ve seen a lot of people name noirs with a street, so that’s what I’m going to do. I love Scarlet Street. Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, and Dan Duryea are all incredible.

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Day 18 #NoirvemberChallenge Film Noir With an Ending You Dislike I’m going with Gilda. I don’t hate the ending, but it does feel like it doesn’t quite match with the rest of the film.

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Day 17 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Film Noir Shot on Location Despite the plethora of great options here, there’s only one choice for me: The Third Man. It makes such great use of Vienna that it was what inspired my own trip to Vienna.

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Day 16 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Noir Taxi Driver It’s a toss up here between taxi drivers giving Humphrey Bogart a ride: Joy Barlow in The Big Sleep and Tom D’Andrea in Dark Passage.

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Day 15 #NoirvemberChallenge sexiest film noir For a classic noir, I think I’d go with The Postman Always Rings Twice. Bound might be the sexiest neo-noir.

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Day 14 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Character Actor in a Film Noir I’d love to name a few, but I think I have to go with Elisha Cook Jr. He makes every noir better when he turns up, but I think he’s most memorable in The Maltese Falcon.

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Day 13 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Femme Fatale so many great choices, but I have to go with Kathie Moffat in Out of the Past

“She's a clever little girl and she's always a hop, skip, and a jump ahead.”

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Day 12 #NoirvemberChallenge Scene in a Film Noir That Moves You Every Time I’m going with the ending of The Asphalt Jungle. Dix just wanted to make it home…

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Day 11 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Film Noir Couple I’m going to go with Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd. They had such great chemistry together (and they weren’t as dysfunctional as many of the other noir couples). If picking a dysfunctional couple, then it’s Walter and Phyllis.

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Day 9 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Film Noir in a Language Other Than English Until I went to Noir City Chicago this year, I would have said Elevator to the Gallows. But I was really blown away by Zero Focus at this year’s festival, so I’m going with the Nomura film.

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Day 8 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Film Noir Cinematographer I’m going with John Alton, who had such great noir style. Best cinematography overall, I’d give to Robert Kessler for The Third Man

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Day 7 #NoirvemberChallenge Most Underrated Noir I’m sure I’m forgetting some, but right now, I’d say Whirlpool with Gene Tierney as a kleptomaniac or Born to Kill with Lawrence Tierney as an home fatale. Maybe I’ve just got the name Tierney on my mind tonight…

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Day 6 #NoirvemberChallenge There’s so many good noir double crosses; I almost went with a more conventional choice, but the first I thought of was when Mrs. Danvers sets up the 2nd Mrs. De Winter in Rebecca. It’s hard to call it a favorite(it’s brutal), but it’s so memorable.

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Day 5 #NoirvemberChallenge Film Noir You Watch the Most There’s a few contenders for this, but I think I watch The Third Man the most. I even went to Vienna to visit The Third Man Museum and take the tour.

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@marcik @LadyKdesigns I wasn’t even thinking of that as a neo-noir. I’ve loved that movie since I was a kid.

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@LadyKdesigns I didn’t even think of The Letter. I love that film.