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Oldie but Goodie, plus Warm but Sad

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Victor Khomenko

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Where the Sidewalk Ends has all the sins of the era, you have to adjust your scale when watching it, but then it becomes very rewarding... definitely one of the better films of that period and genre.

From a totally different era and continent - comes Flores de Otro Mundo. It strips the relationships of the common layer of superficiality so often seen today. You can say the ending is sad... you can say it reflects life. Be it as it may, if you like films about people, put this one on your list.

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Scroll down the link and you'll see some noir. I don't think you ever mentioned your opinion of - tinear 16:37:50 04/25/11 (1)
"Detour," the '45 version. Every time I've seen it, I appreciate it more. Like a short, vicious hook, it is terribly effective, much more so than you'd expect. Along with Bette Davis's character in, "Of Human Bondage," this one is the most savage woman ever portrayed on the screen.
- Oops, here's that link: - tinear 16:38:57 04/25/11 (0)
  I'm gettin' senile.
  - And lazy... (Open in New Window)
If the oldiy but goody's are slow to come to mind - ArdRi 12:49:29 04/25/11 (3)
I indulge in them and will list a few I enjoyed.
Somewhere in the Night w / John Hodiak
Human Desire w/Gloria Grahame and Glen Ford
Border Incident w/Ricardo Montalban
Out of the Past w/ Robert Mitchum
D.O.A. w/Edmond O'Brien
Cloak and Dagger w/ Gary Cooper
House of Bamboo w Robert Stack and Robert Ryan
Act of Violence w/ van hefflin
Fallen Angel w/ Dana Andrews
The Shanghai Gesture w/ Gene Tierney
....

Edits: 04/25/11 04/26/11
- Such a bummer! - Victor Khomenko 14:20:25 04/26/11 (2)
  As I started going down you list, I quickly discovered that Netflix doesn't have them on stream!
  
  My DVD channel is closed for now, my wife owns it! :)
  - Don't have a Sanctum where you can retreat? - ArdRi 20:22:45 04/26/11 (1)
    She has no taste for old American crime dramas? Its not so bad, tell her its for Historical Context.
    - RE: Don't have a Sanctum where you can retreat? - Victor Khomenko 08:08:59 04/27/11 (0)
      Oh, she knows more about them than I do, and she loves them, it is just these days she needs comedies.
Yeah, what a shock Dana Andrew provides by being a sadistic, malevolent cop in that excellent - tinear 07:30:56 04/25/11 (0)
film noir. I'll take your suggestion and make a stop in that Spanish village. We're thinking of a visit to Madrid this year and I love hearing Castilian Spanish.

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