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![UK film writer Philip French in the Observer in 2009 related that Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) “was the favourite film of Jean-Pierre Melville, who saw it 120 times before directing his noir masterwork Le deuxième soufflé [1966]”. I can share this enthusiasm...](http://filmsnoir.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/oat7-115x115.jpg "Robert Wise’s Odds Against Tomorrow (1959): A Work of Art")
Robert Wise’s Odds Against Tomorrow (1959): A Work of Art
Posted on July 24, 2011 | 12 CommentsUK film writer Philip French in the Observer in 2009 related that Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) “was the favourite film of Jean-Pierre Melville, who saw it 120 times before directing his noir masterwork Le deuxième soufflé [1966]”. I can share this enthusiasm... -
Tarkovsky’s Ubiytsy (‘The Killers’ USSR – 1956): A wounded God bereft of hope
Posted on July 18, 2011 | 6 CommentsUbiytsy (‘The Killers’ USSR – 1956)... -
Books Digest: Crossfire, Jewish Directors, and Streets With No Names – Part 1 Jewish Noir Directors
Posted on October 19, 2010 | 2 CommentsThis is the first in a... -
La Nuit de Carrefour (1932 – France): Moody and surreal!
Posted on July 28, 2010 | 4 CommentsIn this early Jean Renoir film... -
The Cinematic City: “the meaning is in the shadows”
Posted on July 12, 2010 | 2 CommentsWhen Strangers Marry (aka Betrayed 1944)... -
The Origins of Noir: The Case for the Policier
Posted on July 3, 2010 | 5 Comments“Renoir’s second talkie, La Nuit du carrefour... -
Cinematic Cities: New Jersey Shore
Posted on May 14, 2010 | 3 CommentsThe Big Night (1951) Director Joseph... -
New York Noir: The Heart of Darkness
Posted on April 18, 2010 | 2 CommentsOrson Wells in 1939 under contract... -
Christ in Concrete: Not on Wall Street
Posted on April 4, 2010 | 7 CommentsThere is a certain irony in... -
The Maltese Falcon: The beginning of noir
Posted on September 21, 2009 | 3 CommentsJohn Huston’s 1941 screenplay was the...
