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I skipped both Noir Alleys the past two weeks and watched some longtime favorites. One of them was Phantom Lady. Ella Raines was some good looking dame, see? The crazed scene with Raines and Elisha Cook Jr at the jam session is one of the greatest moments in film noir history. Fantastic camera movement, editing and lighting.
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I think it's wise that Eddie is taking a 2 week hiatus, judging by his Dec. offerings. I'm getting the feeling this may be the last season of first run Noir Alley. Mr. Soft Touch? I gave up on it once one of the Bowery Boys showed up! Could see where this was going. Will Pocketful of Miracles be next? Some hoods in that one too! I turned it off and read a book.
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Mr. Soft Touch worked because of a lot of factors coming together. And not every movie screened on Noir Alley is going to be a "classic" noir - there aren't enough of them.
I think Eddie is showing movies that he has said do not fit the standard definition of noir, but have enough elements to make them worth showing.
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ElCid wrote: December 19th, 2022, 12:37 pm I think Eddie is showing movies that he has said do not fit the standard definition of noir, but have enough elements to make them worth showing.
So, should Noir Alley start showing hybrid-Noir films? Should Noir westerns (e.g., Blood on the Moon), Noir comedies (e.g., My Favorite Brunette), Noir horror films (e.g., The Seventh Victim), and Noir musicals (e.g., Blues in the Night) be tossed into the mix of Noir Alley movies? Should Noir Alley start expanding its limited selection of movies?

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Thompson wrote: December 19th, 2022, 2:27 pm LIKE! Yes I’m all for that, but a noir musical comedy might be hard to find. Blues in the Night I gotta check out . . .
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Maybe we should just leave it up to Eddie to decide what to show and to explain if it does not definitively fit the noir definition, but why he thinks it should be shown. After all there are only so many noirs out there and not all are available to TCM. Then there are those who complain about repeats.
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ElCid wrote: December 19th, 2022, 5:09 pm Maybe we should just leave it up to Eddie to decide what to show and to explain if it does not definitively fit the noir definition, but why he thinks it should be shown.
Oh, I don't think that we have to "worry" about Eddie Muller being influenced by the discussions in this forum . . . which is a "round table" for opining, supposing, "castle building," and "shooting the breeze."

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As if he ever did on the TCM boards......
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ElCid wrote: December 18th, 2022, 12:17 pm Mr. Soft Touch was better than I remembered. Thought it was interesting that the author just kept rewriting the same plot and the studios kept on buying them. But it worked well. Nice bit of Christmas noir.
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I'd love to see more foreign noirs on the Alley except most viewers don't seem to get past the captions, based on the comments I've read. I've found lots of very good French, British, Japanese and German noirs elsewhere.
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jameselliot wrote: December 19th, 2022, 11:48 pm I'd love to see more foreign noirs on the Alley except most viewers don't seem to get past the captions, based on the comments I've read. I've found lots of very good French, British, Japanese and German noirs elsewhere.
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Thompson wrote: December 21st, 2022, 4:21 pm Good one to watch again just coming on — Blast of Silence.
Love that film!
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Blast of Silence is the grittiest, grimiest neo-noir of them all. You could almost smell the stench of the trash-filled streets.
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jameselliot wrote: December 19th, 2022, 11:48 pm I'd love to see more foreign noirs on the Alley except most viewers don't seem to get past the captions, based on the comments I've read. I've found lots of very good French, British, Japanese and German noirs elsewhere.
Crime movies aren’t my favorite genre but anything with Alain Delon is worth watching at least once and would fit in the noir alley spot. In particular, the Red Circle which I remember loving. In true hipster fashion I prefer it to his more famous Le Samourai.
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