Noirvember Movie Challange | 30 Days of Noir

[@numericalcode]

Sweet Smell is my favorite Criterion so far. It has amazing night photography by James Wong Howe. Also some incredible one-liners delivered by Curtis and Lancaster.

[@brunomachado7279]

Welcome to film with no colour!

[@NoirFan84]

Nice pick-ups. You got a lot of the essential noirs there. Two that are apart of the Criterion Collection that you didn't pick up here but should are Leave Her To Heaven, which is probably the greatest color noir ever made & the other being Moonrise which people often overlook in the collection but it's so goid, truly one of the great underrated noirs, it really deserves more eyes on it.

[@FilmsByColor]

@@NoirFan84 We’ve seen Leave Her To Heaven. Great movie. We’ll have to look into Moonrise. Thanks for the recs!

[@yourfiendmrjones]

Great episode, with one of my favorite genres! Some little notes- -The Roaring Twenties is half noir/half fast-paced gangster film driven by Jimmy Cagney’s rat-a-tat-tat machine gun-style of talking. The guy was a former vaudeville tap dancer and it shows in how fast he can talk. Great film. -Ace in the Hole is definitely noir although it takes place during the day in an arid, desert area of the Southwest. One of my favorite endings in film. -Jules Dassin made the English-language films DJ mentions before being a victim of the Hollywood/McCarthy blacklist and heading off to France to make Raffifi. He then kept making films in Europe for the rest of his life, although some were English language films during this later period. Raffifi is half heist/half noir and all awesome. -Asphalt Jungle is similar to Riffifi and Kubrick’s The Killing. Monroe has a small but integral part as a femme fatale. - Gilda has one of my favorite Glenn Ford performances. Also, Hayworth’s song “Put the Blame on Mame” is dynamite. - Sweet Smell of Success and Ace in the Hole go really well with A Face in the Crowd. Curtis’ greatest performance IMO. Lancaster’s character is one of the coldest bastards in film. Pick this first. - Fury is a great choice. Just brutal. - Ministry of Fear has a great Ray Milland performance. - Kiss Me Deadly is one of the most batshit crazy noirs you’ll ever see. You will literally not know what is going to happen from moment to moment. Maybe save it for the end? - Gaslight is a great example of Victorian Noir. It’s where we get the slang term “gaslighting” from. - Eddie Muller is the head of the Film Noir Foundation which restored “High Tide.” - The Wrong Man is the most realistic Hitchcock and a great example of the rise of docu-realistic filmmaking in the fifties. Also, the only Hitchcock based on a true story. - High and Low is based on an Ed McBain 87th Precinct police procedural novel “King’s Ransom.” Great choice. - sorry for the lengthy comment but I love this genre so much.

[@ethanedwards7557]

High and Low is a very fast moving 140 minutes because it’s like two films in one.

[@ethanedwards7557]

Wow, Grace looks stunning in this video, like Veronica Lake in black and white. She has the timeless classic Hollywood noir look. You look like Chico Marx, I think it’s because the hat is too small.

[@jeffreybeaumont8238]

Wonderful selections y'all, Sunset Blvd. is a must and Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole is most def a film noir, one of my favorites!

[@RichardHannay]

High And Low is my favourite Kurosawa film. The way he juxtaposes characters on the frame is fascinating to watch… for me :) And Sunset Boulevard is the best Billy Wilder film. The script is scrumptious. Yum yum.

[@ethanedwards7557]

I love The Wrong Man. It makes a good double feature with Bresson’s Pickpocket.

[@lucazacforever]

Hi guys, nice video as always! If you read this comment I want to specify that the italian film in the radiance box set is not "Witness in the city", that is the french one. The italian one is "The facts of murder". Maybe the confusion is due to the fact that also in "Witness in the city" there are some italian actors", and curiously there is also an actor who is also one of the protagonists of "The facts of murder"!

[@kevinhouse4376]

Really entertaining video, DJ and Grace! I've seen all 20 of your selections except for "High Tide," which makes sense since it is the most obscure title. Based on your choices, you are in for a really fun month. There are already a lot of great comments from folks who beat me to the punch, but I will add a few things. "In a Lonely Place" is Eddie Muller's favorite film, and the backstory of director Ray and actress Gloria Grahame would make a crazy film noir itself (a case of truth being crazier than fiction). Also, Burt Lancaster's character in "Sweet Smell of Success" is based on the infamous New York City newspaper columnist Walter Winchell, who had the power to make or break careers. It's a great film. "The Breaking Point" comes from the same Hemingway source material as "To Have and Have Not" but is considered by some to be the better film. "Rififi" contains what just might be the greatest heist scene in movies. And director Jules Dassin was an American, so it's not pronounced as if he were French. He also was married to Melina Mercouri, who starred in "Topkapi." Rita Hayworth's real last name was Cansino, so she was actually a brunette who found fame as a redhead. I'm particularly fond of a little comedy called "The Strawberry Blonde" with Hayworth, Cagney and Olivia DeHavilland. It's available via Warner Archive, and I think you both would enjoy it. Happy viewing!

[@JefferyEPetrone]

An interesting Joan Crawford noir double feature could be "Mildred Pierce" & "A Woman's Face". Also, "A Woman's Face" is another George Cukor noir.

[@pamcormack5057]

I did that dbl bill last weekend. 👏

[@JefferyEPetrone]

@@pamcormack5057 nice!

[@nobordersfilm]

High and Low is probably my favorite modern Kurosawa. Has both Toshiro Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai. Based on an American crime novel by Ed McBain. I have a visual essay about it pinned to my IG, but better to watch after you’ve seen it. Have fun…so good.

[@AndyKing1963]

I usually watch 'Sweet Smell of Success' as a double bill with 'Ace in The Hole'

[@FilmsByColor]

@@AndyKing1963 Oh perfect, we each have one of those on our lists. We should watch those back to back maybe

[@r42522]

Asphalt Jungle is amazing. Monroe is barely in it though. I didn't care for in a Lonely Place, it felt silly. Unfortunately, Gilda and The Lady from Shanghai are terrible and it's not because of Rita Hayworth. She's actually great. I would take a look at The Killing by Stanley Kubrick, Gun Crazy and The Big Combo by Joseph Lewis. All GREAT.

[@Tim_Raths]

The Big Combo is a great one!

[@RichardHannay]

Sylvia Sidney is Juno from Beetlejuice… (also in Sabotage by Hitchcock)

[@justinmihaly2910]

Miles Davis did the score for Elevator and its INCREDIBLE! Can't wait to hear your thoughts on it!

[@johnscott4385]

Great video. Love noir!

[@willieluncheonette5843]

my 8 favorite noirs in no order are Vertigo, Kiss Me Deadly, Touch of Evil, Out of the Past, White Heat, The Lineup, The Night of the Hunter and Shoot the Piano Player. In a Lonely ;Place I know has its fans and Eddie Muller has it as his all time favorite noir but it would not even be in my top 35. I'm a director myself with one film that is heavily influenced by noir.

[@nobordersfilm]

Every climax in a hall of mirrors (think Enter the Dragon and John Wick 2) owes a huge debt to Welles and Lady from Shanghai. Rita is spectacular and good contrast with Gilda. You’ll have so much fun with them. She sings in both films. Love it.

[@henrybiedenkapp675]

Super great picks for your noirvember selections. It's too hard to pick a favorite from your ten selections, I bet you two will also have a really tough time ranking favorites from those ten selections. My least favorite is RIFIFI and BTW, Dassin is American who emigrated to France during the McCarthy era. I've all the films mentioned except for one reserve WITNESS IN THE CITY which I never heard of. Word of Advice: May sure your version of TOUCH OF EVIL is the reconstructed version. Prior versions leave the majority of viewers confused. It is a great film. Good Noirvember to you both and have a drink or two from me with Eddie. BTW, Loved the B&W look and outfit or were you just still wearing your Noir Halloween Costume 😀

[@AndyKing1963]

I'd recommend the first 2 or 3 of The Whistler series

[@JefferyEPetrone]

The 2nd Whistler movie is an adaption of a Cornell Woolrich ("Rear Window", "Night Has A Thousand Eyes", and "Mississippi Mermaid") short story, too.

[@AndyKing1963]

@@JefferyEPetrone yep

[@noir_time]

It was so sweet and fun and interesting video ❤ Like your choices. I'm excited to watch next one with your impressions after those amazing movies😊❤ I hope it will come 🙏

[@JefferyEPetrone]

Here's 10 noirs I'm trying to get to this month inspired by y'alls lists. Ride The Pink Horse (1947) Trapped (1949) The Capture (1950) House By The River (1950) Black Tuesday (1954) The Bitter Stems (1956) Pale Flower (1964) Moment To Moment (1966) Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987) Catchfire/Backtrack (1990)

[@FilmsByColor]

@@JefferyEPetrone oh man, I didn’t realize Pale Flower was a noir. I should’ve added that one to my list!

[@JefferyEPetrone]

​@FilmsByColor I found it by searching for noir on the Criterion initially, I wasn't familiar as much with the director or anything about the film. My last round of Criterion pick ups (from July) which included "Pale Flower" & "Ride The Pink Horse" were done with Noirvember in mind.

[@skylerh.6920]

gaslight is more gothic horror but very good

[@PDXFilmmongers]

Mayne you've already seen them but Double Indemnity, Out of the Past and The Postman Always Rings Twice are essential.

[@pamcormack5057]

I've got both versions of Gaslight, and have all the titles you've mentioned so far. 👏

[@taketheveil]

I kicked off Noirvember with In a Lonely Place and loved it. Anyways, great video with awesome picks. Looking forward to seeing what you enjoyed the most.

[@fv5681]

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing. Some amazing films you guys are in for. Would love to see a top 5 from each of you if possible. Enjoy!

[@nachoamb1]

You guys are the best

[@richardburt1679]

As you said, there are very few film noirs in the 60s,perhaps because it is so much associated with black and white photography ,although there was one very good one,Harper (1966) with Paul Newman and Lauren Bacall,and another late take on the genre is Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (1973) .

[@ethanedwards7557]

You could have just covered yourselves and called this video “Noirish November.”

[@evilwax73]

I’ve seen Elevator to the Gallows, Rififi, High and Low, Maltese Falcon and Ace in the Hole. Maltese Falcon is the gold standard of Noir, but Elevator to the Gallows and High and Low are both incredible. I wouldn’t consider Ace in the Hole to be noir, but it’s a great movie too. Rififi is more of a heist film, but has elements of noir and is top-notch.

[@Alexj_movieguy]

I’d recommend this 4 film warner archive set if you haven’t already! Two of my favorite noirs are on there. The order i would rank the films is: the set up > murder my sweet > out of the past > gun crazy

[@Alexj_movieguy]

I think you guys would especially appreciate the set up! One that I don’t see many talk about. Scorsese is huge admirer of it.

[@BadGuyRants]

Gaslight is more suspenseful than any film Hitchcock ever made. Good pick! Also Sylvia Sydney is the old lady in Beetlejuice.

[@jmaggio909]

Ace in the Hole is a Noir! And a great choice.

[@eugenerawls]

Top 3 noir film 1. Sunset boulevard 1950 2. The maltese falcon 1941 3. The killing 1956 🎥🎞👍

[@nobordersfilm]

Touch of Evil. Squeeze it in. Thank me later. It’s just a smidge better than everything else. Writing, directing and of course acting. Welles, Heston, Leigh and Dietrich! Good pairing with Lady from Shanghai. Priorities: Lady, Touch, Lonely Place and High and Low. They are just ever so slightly better than most. IMHO.

[@philipmarinello8802]

Pickup on South Street rules and Shock Corridor & The Naked Kiss absolutely are noir-y

[@JefferyEPetrone]

Solid picks!

[@FilmsByColor]

@@JefferyEPetrone Thanks!

[@MarkusMagnusson-w4f]

Great picks but you left out this gun for hire with veronica lake,my favorite

[@nobordersfilm]

Elevator to the Gallows very good. Jazz score by Miles Davis. In a Lonely Place is probably Bogart’s greatest performance. Spectacular Noir. And Rififi. Jules Dassin so good. An American exiled to France and Greece because of the HUAC Blacklist. Check out his later films Topkapi and Uptight.

[@Tim_Raths]

Marilyn Monroe is barely in The Asphalt Jungle.

[@michaelsmith1262]

Elevator to the Gallows is a very atmospheric film. Liked it but didn't love it.

[@thikeyan7636]

You are one lucky man.

[@feketebalazs1982]

Jules Dassin was famous first in the US but get blacklisted in the 50's so he so he went to France and made even better movies there....

[@123rockfan]

Does Grace have a letterboxd too?

[@gracemartinez18]

I do! It’s linked in the description but it’s just gracemartinez

[@MrEdWeirdoShow]

Hat's too small.