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Re: Current Top 50 Film Noirs of all time...

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Thanks for the list Hepcat.

I'm a big fan or noir films, and you can't go wrong with most of those on this list.

I disagree with a few entries...nothing before 1940 is "real film noir"...at least imo...as the French, who hadn't seen an American film since the war started, named the genre after seeing these "dark films" for the first time around 1946-7. Fury, Chain Gang, and You Only Live Twice are good films, and possibly predict what is to come with noir, but are precursors at best (again,imo).

There is one entry..."Nora ona" (#38) that I don't know...is this possibly Nora Prentiss?

For a great film noir site, check out noirfilm.com...lotta fun and informative.

BTW...Out of the Past is rated waaay low in my opinion. This is pretty much considered the jewel in the crown of noir among fans of the genre.

All the best,

Gary

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