Film noir from the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s is maybe my favorite movie genre, or at least it’s my favorite genre tonight. If noir is new to you, here’s a very brief introduction:
Noir means black, in French. … [read more]
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… like tears in rain
When he died, some obituaries said that the actor Rutger Hauer improvised his death speech
in Blade Runner.It was his most famous moment in his most famous performance, but the claim that it was improvised is horseshit. … [read more]
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Out of the Past (1947)
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Based on the novel Build My Gallows High, by Geoffrey Homes, Out of the Past is a noir drama that’s more fun than legally allowed. -
My grandmother’s grandparents
Leftovers & links
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Infinite flies
It was a hot summer day, and there were a lot of flies buzzing around at the building’s side door, where I usually enter and exit the apartment. … [read more]
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Seven movies
There are so many good movies out there — a hundred years of old movies, plus thousands of odd or artsy, foreign or forgotten or DIY
movies made just for the joy of making ’em — that if you only watch whatever’s on Netflix or playing at the twentyplex, you’re missing out. … [read more] -
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Leftovers & links & reviews without spoilers
♦ I didn’t know there was a guidebook for making bad movies.
♦ Sam Neill as James Bond. … [read more] -
Stupidity
I try not to judge people on the basis of age, appearance, body size, disability, education, ethnicity, gender, income, nationality, nose rings, race, religion, or sexual orientation. … [read more]
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Science fiction double feature
♦ The Day of the Triffids (1962) is an old-time science fiction movie that often played in San Francisco’s revival theaters when I lived there. I love old-time science fiction movies, but always avoided seeing Triffids at the cinema, because it looked sorta stupid. … [read more]
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Old noir and science fiction
I’m having my own film festival of old noir and science fiction, and you’re invited! Eight reviews below, with no spoilers. All movies free on YouTube, and without commercials if you have a good adblocker. … [read more]
