Just saw this and while I did like it I don't know if its really better than the other la noirs about loser detectives like the nice guys or under the silver lake
Just saw this and while I did like it I don't know if its really better than the other la noirs about loser detectives...
Hudson Reed
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Henry Taylor
watch The Big Sleep now
Jason Johnson
Got it
Asher Morris
The first viewing of this is always lukewarm, going into this on repeat viewings is when it gets super comfy and the entire point of the movie is in the style and the performances than the story which is why it holds up. The story is always going to be the same thing every time, the style and performances, especially Gould’s Marlowe, really has its own unique feeling and personality that other noirs of this era and before it never had. This is one of those films that works best as a midnight movie in the comfort of your own home.
Isaac Lopez
Is this a comfy noir thread?
Julian Torres
It’s not really that it’s “better” so much as it was one of the first. There wouldn’t be other la noirs about loser detectives if not for this film. Spike from Cowboy Bebop wouldn’t even exist if not for this film.
Jaxon Nelson
I kind of want to re-clarify. People watching it for the first time always pay most attention to plot when in the long goodbye plot is literally an afterthought, the entire dynamism and fluidity of the film from the editing to the sound design are where it really shines, Gould’s Marlowe performance is really the heart of the film.
Colton Butler
Sure just saw the lady from Shanghai too thought it was good though it's the first 1940s noir film I've ever seen got any suggestions?
Cooper Allen
cringe
Jaxon Clark
I was thinking of spike while watching this film but I thought spike was based on a Japanese actor
Noah Thompson
I did enjoy him alot I was laughing when I found out he was that cranky Jewish guy in oceans 11 a night and day difference
Benjamin Ross
Shanghai is good but Touch of Evil is much much better
Charles Cox
>ross and monica's dad from friends was once this cool and talented
How did he fuck it up?
Camden Mitchell
I refuse to believe that shit about that Japanese actor being Spike's inspiration. Maybe in part, but Spike IS Marlowe in this film
Matthew Gonzalez
ENHANCE
Xavier King
I believe it too, the only reason Ein was a dog and not a cat is that it would be plagiarism.
Gavin Lewis
it's 1/3 that japanese guy, 1/3 marlowe 1/3 Lupin III
CB is a mix, so are the characters.
Jace Turner
This is unironically the best movie Arnie ever appeared in.
Dominic Jones
You can find a handful here
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Gabriel James
A must watch
Leo Young
Holy fuck.
You're right, it really is him.
Owen Butler
>no big combo
Jackson Price
Benjamin Roberts
The big combo is no. 28 in my greatest noir of all time. The film is worth watching by its photography alone
Jace Bailey
It’s okay with me
Jeremiah Diaz
It gets kinda boring when he spends too much time at that artfags house.
Zachary King
Ok buddy youre in the clear and I see you have The Killing on there too, your alibi checks out.
Eli Robinson
*for* sorry
Josiah Phillips
Double Indemnity
Out of the Past
The Big Sleep
Gilda
White Heat
Scarlet Street
The Third Man
Shadow of a Doubt
Laura
The Set-Up
Caught
Dylan Roberts
Nigga Sterling Hayden is one of the best parts about that whole movie, he isn’t even an artfag he is the man Marlowe isn’t, tall, brooding, masculine, and has a hot wife, whereas Marlowe is calm, fluid, and lives with a cat. They contrast each other but Hayden is still his own character with a lot of agency as an actor. This is a film that’s all haracter and performance.
Ian King
Marlowe > Roger Wade > Marty Augustine > Augustines autistic henchmen > the balcony thots > Lennox > the cat > Arnie > Conchetta > the cole bottle girl