Noir Films

[Aussie_Rob]

Hey guys I'm in the process of scripting a noir film. I've got my story and characters laid out. Just need some visual inspiration.
What Noir films do you guys recommend viewing?

Can be classic black and white or modern take like Sin City/Blade Runner...

Cheers guys.

[xsanmdanx]

Chinatown

[Nonsensical studios]

The Third Man

[JD]

Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, Key Largo, Big Sleep, Asphalt Jungle, Apocalypse Now, Blade Runner, unforgiven and Memento.

[theSarge00]

Asphalt Jungle...nice. Haven't seen it in ages. Add D.O.A (the original) and In a Lonely Place (Bogey as a screenwriter). Niagra. Double Indemnity. Maybe Brute Force (Hume Cronyn as a sadisitc warden, with undertones of homoeroticsm). Remember, Noir isn't about how it's shot: it's about the moral darkness/ambiguity.

[JD]

Can't believe i forgot Double Indemity thats a great film

[Mugla]

Road to Perdition

[xsanmdanx]

The Third Man
One of my alltime favourite movies, also

[Razback]

Thunberbolt,The Public Enemies..the first and The Scoundrel and also try inspiration from 1929 Great Depression period in USA

[gonzo_entertainment]

"Touch of Evil" Orson Welles' Noir Classic.

To disagree with some, Noir IS about look. It's a combination of look and content.

[StanislavNeilyk]

Double Indemnity. It has all the elements of a noir picture, both visual and content. If I remember correctly, there are no dutch tilts and there's no rain (I may be wrong on that one) in the movie, but that's about it. I'd definitely put this movie in my all-time-top 10. It proved huge inspiration when me and two friends made a noir short film this fall/winter.

Others that haven't been named yet that I can recommend are "Murder, My Sweet", "Detour" and "Out Of The Past".

[gonzo_entertainment]

Double Indemnity. It has all the elements of a noir picture, both visual and content. If I remember correctly, there are no dutch tilts and there's no rain (I may be wrong on that one) in the movie, but that's about it. I'd definitely put this movie in my all-time-top 10. It proved huge inspiration when me and two friends made a noir short film this fall/winter.

Others that haven't been named yet that I can recommend are "Murder, My Sweet", "Detour" and "Out Of The Past".

Haha, my film "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" does have Dutch Tilts, but no rain.

[StanislavNeilyk]

Haha, my film "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" does have Dutch Tilts, but no rain.

Is it a noir? The film noir that I made is actually the same! Dutch tilts, no rain.

"Beyond The Wall Of Sleep", does the title come from Black Sabbath?

[Skycarl]

Double Indemnity, this is the movie that because of
its dark presentation with the dark soundtrack that the
name Noir Film ( black film) was coined.

[StanislavNeilyk]

That's what the back of my Double Indemnity DVD says, but I've always thought it sounded weird. I thought that the first "real" film noir was The Maltese Falcon...

[gonzo_entertainment]

Is it a noir? The film noir that I made is actually the same! Dutch tilts, no rain.

"Beyond The Wall Of Sleep", does the title come from Black Sabbath?

Not classically. It's a "horror" or "Sci Fi" film, but it has dutch angles, shot black and white with pooled lighting, shadows, lots of contrst, has a crime scene photo as a prop, uses voice over, a lot of classic noir elements.

No, the Black Sabbath song is based on the same H.P. Lovecraft story that I adapted (or at least the title is lifted from it).

Here's the trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MyXjrmhGcA

[gonzo_entertainment]

That's what the back of my Double Indemnity DVD says, but I've always thought it sounded weird. I thought that the first "real" film noir was The Maltese Falcon...

And they all owe a nod to German Strassenfilm of the 20's and 30's.

[theSarge00]

That's what the back of my Double Indemnity DVD says, but I've always thought it sounded weird. I thought that the first "real" film noir was The Maltese Falcon...

And guys who write the copy for DVD cases are all hired because they're professional film historians after all...

That said, it may well be that the term Film Noir was coined for Double Indemnity, but that doesn't mean the genre of film didn't exist prior to that. They just didn't have a term for it till then.

[StanislavNeilyk]

And they all owe a nod to German Strassenfilm of the 20's and 30's.

The trailer looked interesting! Will you put the film up on YouTube?

Yeah, expressionism definitely was a huge influence on noir. Even more than that, Fritz Lang worked and was influential in both.

[StanislavNeilyk]

And guys who write the copy for DVD cases are all hired because they're professional film historians after all...

That said, it may well be that the term Film Noir was coined for Double Indemnity, but that doesn't mean the genre of film didn't exist prior to that. They just didn't have a term for it till then.

I looked it up. Nino Frank coined the term in 1946. God bless Wikipedia!

But sure, Fritz Langs "M" is pure noir and it's from 1931.

[gonzo_entertainment]

The trailer looked interesting! Will you put the film up on YouTube?

Yeah, expressionism definitely was a huge influence on noir. Even more than that, Fritz Lang worked and was influential in both.

After a local premiere and a run of festival submissions, most likely.

[theSarge00]

I looked it up. Nino Frank coined the term in 1946. God bless Wikipedia!

But sure, Fritz Langs "M" is pure noir and it's from 1931.

Great, now I have "Hall of the Mountain King" stuck in my head...