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In Reply to: Re: The Asphalt Jungle/The Lost Weekend(nt) posted by edta on April 07, 2000 at 20:42:53:

the movies soundtrack.The fight against addiction and coming back from the edge.I guess some movies I enjoy some people would consider depressing.I love film noir.The mood.The style.I wonder,would Taxi be considered film noir?I enjoyed Laura also but Clifton Webb' performance was a little over the top.Maybe I'll see if local video store has This Gun For Hire.YECH

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Re: Ray Milands Oscar winning performance AND edta 11:42:52 04/08/00 (5)
Yes, I should see "LW". I only saw the beginning of it. What about Asphalt, any commments on that one?
Taxi, I've not seen. Taxi Driver sure does have some noirish aspects. Funny how many more recent movies are noirish. I guess LA Confidential comes to mind. And, oh yes, one of my favorite Sci Fi's "Dark City", well, hey, "Blade Runner" is too for that matter. How about "Midnight in the Garden..." I didn't see it, but my wife visited Savannah and commented on it.
- Sterling Hayden.What a great tuff guy. YECH 15:37:24 04/08/00 (4)
  Asphalt Jungle is a must see.A jewel heist gone awry.It was on AMC a while back.I just can't rave enough about Sterling Hayden.One of my all time favorite actors.Sam Jaffe,from Ben Casey TV fame,Marilyn Monroe and directed by John Huston.Sorry I spazed on ya about Taxi.I Did mean Taxi Driver.With those night shots of the wet pavement,very noir.Dark City does have a noir feel to it.Have not seen Midnight In The Garden.Yep,sometimes I think I was born 30 years too early. YECH
  - Re: Sterling Hayden.What a great tuff guy. edta 16:09:54 04/08/00 (3)
    Well, this is another one to see! Have you seen Hayden in "The Killing"? Another great tough guy role.
    I think next week, I'll devote myself to just watching some of these old movies. Got to get out the Chandler books too.
    The Big Sleep. Chandler by way of Bogart and Bacall.
    - I will have to check out The Killing YECH 16:52:33 04/08/00 (2)
      Thank god for AMC and Turner Classic Movies.The local Family Video doesn't even have Sunset Blvd.YECH
      - Agreed on AMC! edta 20:58:42 04/08/00 (1)
        
        In Reply to: I will have to check out The Killing posted by YECH on April 08, 2000 at 16:52:33:
        
        I'm not sure if we have Turner Movie Classics on our cable. Does it have commercials interrupting?
        Out here in the wilderness, we're starving for some of these old videos, well, a very few of us, actually. There used to be a great video store in a city about 30 miles away, but, alas, they closed. They had every video imaginable, even foreign. I sometimes think I'd be in my element running a specialty video store. Trouble is around here, the folks are very short term oriented. If it's older than 2 o 3 years forget it. Foreign films---you gotta be kidding!
        
        No commercials on TMC (nt) YECH 04:20:56 04/09/00 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Agreed on AMC! posted by edta on April 08, 2000 at 20:58:42:
        
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