Your favorite Film Noir movies?

DevilMayCare007

Any of y'all have favorite film noir movies?

AlphaOmegaSin

The Maltese Falcon -{

Barbel

The Big Sleep, in fact more or less any Raymond Chandler flick.

cheld

Out Of The Past with Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, and as the quintessential femme fatale, the gorgeous Jane Greer

Thunderpussy

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. {[]

Mr Beech

AlphaOmegaSin

One of the greatest Films ever made, Blade Runner -{

Thunderpussy

The director's cut of Blade Runner was on the other night on bbc3. -{
It's still available on BBC i-player for another three days.

AlphaOmegaSin

I own the DVD that has every single Cut of the Film )

Thunderpussy

You're such a film Geek ! )

AlphaOmegaSin

That and my German Steelbook Copy of the The Burning )

Thunderpussy

As a matter of interest, I've only ever seen the original version, and thought it
Was just OK. Irs the restored director's cut much better, I.e. is it worth watching ?

AlphaOmegaSin

It's got some extra Scenes in there -{

Barbel

The real Higgins is in Chinatown, wonder if our Higgins likes it?

Mr Beech

Thunderpussy wrote:

As a matter of interest, I've only ever seen the original version, and thought it
Was just OK. Irs the restored director's cut much better, I.e. is it worth watching ?

There's a Director's Cut and a Final Cut. I'd personally say watch the US or International theatrical cuts first, then the Final Cut with it's very cleaned up image (Final Cut is the real director's cut, as the originally named Director's Cut was a forced release by the studio). I think Final Cut can ruin the original theatrical cuts (it makes significant change to the philosophy and theme of the film through certain edits) but not vice versa, so theatrical cuts should be done first.

Final Cut certainly isn't a drop in quality, but it changes the film in a way that is significant enough to say it isn't the film that became famous. Harrison Ford along with the screenwriter disagree with the significant change in the Final Cut that Ridley Scott made. It just changes the theme, and the theme, in my opinion, is preserved in significance if you watch theatrical and then Final Cut.

Firemass

Here's my list of favorites. I took a film noir course at the University of Sussex a few years back.

Double Indemnity

Out of the Past

Night of the Hunter

Mildred Pierce

Laura

Maltese Falcon

The Big Sleep

Sunset Boulevard

Touch of Evil

Thunderpussy

Thanks for the information on Blade runner, Mr Beech. -{