Ol’ Qwerty Bastard

the movie is called you're next ***got

i think charles is retarded for real

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Frownland

wut

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The Batlord

I think Charles is drunk.

*checks*

Yup.

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Saw it when it first came out and needed a bunch of time before seeing it again.

Such a disturbing and utterly depressing flick.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Psy-Fi

Oddly enough, I've been on a classic Noir binge for the past 3 weeks. Been watching 1 or 2 per evening, re-watching a few well-known titles of the genre and, mostly, watching some of the lesser-known ones I haven't seen before.

Touch of Evil is one of my favorites. May have to watch it again and refresh my memory.

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duga

Yeah, it's one of my favorites as well. Apparently, before the movie was released Orson Welles sent a letter to the studio about his displeasure of their cut and outlined a bunch of details for how to fix it to get it to his vision. I got a blu ray where they did their best to recut it and include some additional scenes to get it as close to his vision as possible. Gotta say, it's worth a watch if you like the original theatrical version.

Do you have any recommendations? I'm moving on to the Third Man next, but I need more!

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Frownland

I just watched The Third Man, that one's excellent, especially the soundtrack. Have you seen Alphaville (French space-noir), Night of the Hunter, or Compulsion?

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duga

I have not - they are going on my list. French space-noir sounds fascinating.

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Frownland

Alphaville is my favourite Jean Luc Godard film behind Weekend. You should probably watch Night of the Hunter first though, that one's incredible.

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Psy-Fi

I don't think I've seen the version with the additional scenes. I'll have to find a copy and check it out.

Here's a list of ones I've seen before that I think are worthy of watching. A few of these were new to me until recently, and others are old favorites that I've been re-watching or plan to re-watch over the next few weeks. I'm guessing you've probably seen some of them already.

Ace in the Hole (1951)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
The Chase (1946)
Convicted (1950)
The Dark Corner (1946)
Detour (1945)
D.O.A. (1950)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Force of Evil (1948)
Framed (1947)
Gilda (1946)
Gun Crazy (1950)
This Gun for Hire (1942)
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Key Largo (1948)
The Killers (1946)
The Killing (1956)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Kiss of Death (1947)
The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
Laura (1944)
They Live By Night (1948)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Out of the Past (1947)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
The Prowler (1951)
Quicksand (1950)
Raw Deal (1948)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
White Heat (1949)
The Woman in the Window (1944)
The Wrong Man (1956)

I'm probably forgetting some at the moment. There are so many good and great classic noir films out there.

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