Double indemnity still one of my all time favourites.
@ThePortjumper
5 жыл бұрын
This channel is so underrated, good work man.
@Mandemics
4 жыл бұрын
I've watched a dozen "about Film Noir" videos today looking for the right one to share with my Intro to Film History class, and this is the winner. Thanks for the great resource!
@mjohnson1741
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome, Film Noir is my favorite genre! My favorites are Sunset Boulevard and Double Indemnity. Don't sleep on the smaller low budget film noir films like D.O.A., The Killing and Lady in the Lake etc...
@GregoryArkadin-j5v
6 күн бұрын
Does anyone know what that melancholy song was at the end of the video?
@JodyBruchon
4 жыл бұрын
I needed something that explained film noir to someone who didn't know anything about it. I'd have liked to see more coverage of what you call "neo-noir" but it gets the job done nicely regardless.
@bighands69
3 жыл бұрын
It is a mystery movie is the best way to simply describe the movie. It normally involves a mystery of some sort that is be unravelled. Classic examples of this would be Rear Window which is involves a mystery that has be be unpacked. Just to add noir was not a term used at the time of the films being made and was used much later.
@allenh.1522
Жыл бұрын
ok the video was super informative and it really helped me out but that was the smoothest way ive ever seen someone strike up a match 6:06. That was clean.
@andrewfairweather8084
2 ай бұрын
I just watched your in depth look at the genre of Film Noir. Bravo sir! Your pacing and attention to all aspects of what made film noir so unique was exceptional. I am a hugh fan of it and am always inspired by it even in many of my current projects. I will watch this again and again as it is done so well. Thank you.
@Mr.Digit115
2 ай бұрын
have to admit i watched and rewatched it multiple times already myself,....check the other one out as ell, think its history of fn....
@dragonchr15
4 жыл бұрын
As soon as I heard the music, I was thinking Twin Peaks and then you should that clip with Dale Cooper sipping coffee....
@echothenardier8053
4 жыл бұрын
I can’t help but wonder if the reason that the characters had to dig so deep to find the crime world had to do with the Hay’s Code (to discourage people from seeking crime out)
@marklauzon186
5 ай бұрын
You are LEGIT !! Why? Cause you acknowledge MURDER MY SWEET. THE best Noir ever. Thank you!!!
@SeptemberAdam
Жыл бұрын
Me being a classic Film Noir Fanatic, very partial to productions from1941 to 1964, Noir is just one of those things that's difficult to define. But you'll know it when you see it. Which is why it's so academic.
@SeptemberAdam
Жыл бұрын
Now with that said my first criticism. 'Film Noir is a catchall term for the hardboiled detective films of the 1930s, 40...." Really? You sure 'bout that?
@holyflutterofgod
5 жыл бұрын
Oh NICE! I've been knocking around a crime noir idea and didn't really know what elements of the genre to take or leave, so I appreciate the overview!!
@lt3111
3 жыл бұрын
thank you for this i have a seminar in 5 minutes and i just watched this at 1.75 speed to take in as much as i can
@rubydawn1
3 жыл бұрын
I love film noir will never get tired of them.
@Cbald
3 жыл бұрын
What is the name of the film at 00:39? The one with the seemingly infinite doors?
@nosrePnamuH
26 күн бұрын
Does no one know?
@antoinettekelso9339
3 жыл бұрын
I was given Film Nior as a costume theme for zoom and had no idea where to start. Thanks, this was very helpful.
@agustindelavega6177
3 жыл бұрын
OMG I love your channel. Here I've found the two best introductions to my most favorite topics in the world of movies: Noir and Jodorowsky. Fantastic work! Keep going!
@stephenkeen5737
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent explanation. And not too many spoilers. It really helped me understand more. Just watched Double indemnity today, so good that you used that as a springboard. Thanks
@robinharwood5044
2 ай бұрын
I remember when they were just old late night movies on TV. And cracking good ones, too.
@thewrodriguez
4 жыл бұрын
0:08 MICHAEL SCARN!!
@josemaria8177
4 жыл бұрын
Great Video! Chandler, Hammet and Cain are truly amazing writers that are unfairly ignored because they wrote crime fiction
@Hideyoumonkey
4 жыл бұрын
Man your channel is legendary. You need to do 100 more movie reviews and genre reviews. Would you consider the game Fallout 1 & 2 to be film noir? Like Junktown?
@Amyreadingabook
5 жыл бұрын
very good. I love Brick so much. Such a good film.
@peterkrol
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome video essay! I hope you can make another one about neo noir films.
@Braaaap.
Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this video!
@michaelspikes1506
Жыл бұрын
OMG I love watching 40s and 50s crime noir movie
@eamestv
3 жыл бұрын
Informative and well done. A great time for movies.
@bronxbomber2150
11 ай бұрын
Good analysis. My one critique is that you left out the influence of World War II on the noir, which contextualizes the femme fatales and their origins.
@marionmarino1616
Жыл бұрын
Don’t forget the idea of homosexuality, strictly forbidden in the Hollywood of those years. Just listen to the dialogue between the two males in Double Indemnity. I love you, says one man to the other, I love you too, says the other.
@Cyberplayer5
4 жыл бұрын
Great video on NOIR Film. I have Double Indemnity on DVD. By the way where do you think the movie Dark City fits in the spectrum of movie genres?
@stevenguevara2184
Жыл бұрын
"The Big Sleep" fascinates Me.
@JeffreyStillwell
5 жыл бұрын
Masters of Neo-Noir kzitem.info/news/bejne/o6mBsHywiohenoI
@АнтонМан-ч9к
Жыл бұрын
Music in the end?
@charlesflinnill978
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent!! I love all those flicks.
@ElSantoLuchador
Жыл бұрын
WWII marks a defining time in American history where the population turned cynical after the war, as if America had discovered evil for the first time. Film noir embodies this. Hitchock did make films that I would call noir-ish before the war, but they tended to contain an evil villain in an otherwise wholesome world. In film noir nobody is ever really innocent, and morality is nothing but a gray haze.
@MichaelSpikes-pv6kl
6 ай бұрын
Excellent review movie of noir film
@chuckbaldwin2456
4 жыл бұрын
I'm curious about trans atlantic speak, a noir staple in some aspects, and am working on a novel for kicks. Would like background on a game called L.A. Noire.. If it exists.
@rfmanning
4 жыл бұрын
Good video. Looking for more.
@snoo333
4 жыл бұрын
thank you. loved it, first time watcher
@garyinmarz8938
4 жыл бұрын
I'd say David Lynch watched a bunch of them as a teen
@alecrowe6305
Жыл бұрын
Anyone know the name of the movie @ 10.03 - the one with the telephone booth?
@grantous67
4 ай бұрын
Film noir is the greatest. Based on the (painfully immature) comment section it seems to be popular with gen z... One thing I would mention is if you're going to introduce people to the 'dutch' angle, you ought to mention it stems from 'deutsch' angle, as in german
@JesusRodriguez-cx7gk
4 жыл бұрын
What are all the movies on here I’m going to binge all of them😂
@bobdownes162
4 жыл бұрын
Most of them (if not all) are not available on Y/T.
@lashlarue59
5 жыл бұрын
I can't wait for your documentary on Neo-Noir and see what you think of the best of them; L.A Confidential.
@wp6007
5 жыл бұрын
Blue Velvet is way better
@TOFKAS01
4 ай бұрын
2:32 Nope, not the consumption of alcohol was illegal, but the production and selling of alcohol. Its a common missconception about prohibition.
@gregoryayca
10 ай бұрын
What are the requirements for a film to be consider Film Noir ?
@ilitchdhoomon6246
3 жыл бұрын
Nice short essay. Could you be kind enough to let us know what song plays at 10:12 ? Cheers!
@PaperClipFlip
3 жыл бұрын
Very insightful!
@milowong4635
2 жыл бұрын
what was the song played in the last part?
@senseinai
4 жыл бұрын
Can anyone make out the song playing at the end? I can only get the last lyrics: ‘You’ve let him go, you’ve let the moment fly (or slide)
@jmlepunk
2 жыл бұрын
Great video! Your pronunciation of the word "femme" is not good but everything else was spot on
@jhp-v1w
Жыл бұрын
Would "Orzak" be a contemporary noir serie?
@mr_hppd348
4 жыл бұрын
Do you have a video where you review the best surreal film noir movies?
@SidLaw500
3 жыл бұрын
Fun and informative post!
@iytr_7742
5 жыл бұрын
thank you~!
@BusinessPlot
4 ай бұрын
What's the movie at 2:23?
@darkcylander
9 ай бұрын
Who framed Roger Rabbit was probably worth mentioning.
@frankm8686
3 ай бұрын
Kinda misses the boat by omitting any mention of how many of the technical, psychological, even sociological influences on film noir came from WWII and its aftermath.
@uncasunga1800
3 жыл бұрын
Great job very cool 😎👍
@piercecchimark
3 жыл бұрын
nice job
@keenansooalo2715
4 жыл бұрын
woah. flight of the concords pop up
@tomriddle6039
4 жыл бұрын
*the why-mar years*
@JacintaScarano-n6b
9 күн бұрын
Spencer Glen
@marcusbrown2905
3 жыл бұрын
64 years old been watching this stuff all my life and love it kind of live like that too live.I love that little apartment on Leavenworth and California San Francisco lived in a sleazy hotel in Oakland then that is sleazy hotel in New York call the Kenmore seen a lot of hookers seen a lot of crap barely stayed out of jail.didn't get involved in a bunch of s*** but I saw a lot of gangsters do a lot of s***and I can tell you this gangsters were involved in making these movies and if it wasn't for them there will be no Hollywood yes that's right gangsters are artists
@csykes23
4 жыл бұрын
Who's the lady at 3:31 saying 'I'm asking you not to'?
@sohyunminyoongi8960
4 жыл бұрын
Veronica Lake. She was so beautiful, one of my favorites 😍
@kyhxx
2 жыл бұрын
. wow - amazing ^
@kyhxx
2 жыл бұрын
. nxt time pls jst list names of people and films mentioned - want to study bt no sect to copy and paste for long list ^
@kendn01
2 ай бұрын
interesting
@LudwigBeefoven
22 күн бұрын
Why is the narrator calling a "MacGuffin"; "Red Herring"? For reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin
@joshuaamitai
Жыл бұрын
la belle et la bete is a great film noir
@Jeaniesunshine-fb5rk
3 жыл бұрын
A boat with people on their way to Heaven or Hell. A Billy Burk type is let off at a mansion with everything expensive. Jewels furs. Her he'll she's not allowed any guests or family . Not ship of fools. The guide is an Adolfo Monju type? Of Charles Ruggles. I can't find it. Can you help me.
@tokesnationpropagandaminis1665
2 жыл бұрын
Morris Dickstein… lol
@zeljkoviskic1041
Жыл бұрын
It's interesting how you know so much about film noir, yet you don't know how to pronounce femme fatale😼 But a great video, and a very interesting topic.
@tokesnationpropagandaminis1665
2 жыл бұрын
So back in the 30s you could drive your car to a drive-in liquor store and drink beer in your car and then drive off… wow
@NoraZachary-b1r
18 күн бұрын
Kling Drive
@michaelward9880
6 ай бұрын
Film noir takes us into the lurid underworld of the city, inhabited by desperate dudes and dangerous dames.
@rafael_snyder9778
2 жыл бұрын
4:50 GAYLORD lmao
@taralea4971
4 жыл бұрын
Scary “B” movies from the 1940’s
@AntoniePereira
4 жыл бұрын
Sub
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5 жыл бұрын
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@freedomspreads9683
5 жыл бұрын
Tell the story of tommy James and the Shondells and the mob that backed their record label Roulette Records in your next video!
@sifatshams1113
5 жыл бұрын
My brother and I went on an epic 30+ film noir marathon last year. It was fucking awesome, but eventually, he got tired of hearing terms like 'stool pigeon' and 'dames' and we stopped. Here's the full list for anyone who's interested: Detour Kiss Me Deadly The Killers The Killing The Postman Always Rings Twice DOA In A Lonely Place Laura Lady From Shanghai The Third Man Touch of Evil Scarlet Street Nightmare Alley Key Largo Act of Violence Raw Deal The Set-Up Mildred Pierce The Woman In The Window Criss Cross Sunset Boulevard Sweet Smell of Success The Maltese Falcon Night and the City The Hitch-Hiker Force of Evil Gilda The Big Heat Thieves' Highway The Big Sleep Double Indemnity Gun Crazy They Live By Night The Asphalt Jungle The Strange Love of Martha Ivers Ace In The Hole The Big Combo Out of the Past Murder, My Sweet Chinatown The Long Goodbye The Prowler Angels With Dirty Faces The Stranger This Gun For Hire Body Heat White Heat Pickup On South Street Crime Wave
@charlesflinnill978
4 жыл бұрын
I still call them "dames".
@seandafny
4 жыл бұрын
Lol 30+ movies is no joke
@rowan982
4 жыл бұрын
holy fuck any exceptional reccomendations out of the lot?
@remitheratatouille9116
3 жыл бұрын
That's a fuck ton of movies is there anything you'd recommend?
@DG-gx4sg
3 жыл бұрын
I got tired of hearing "care for a drink?"
@jaredgarcia8638
7 ай бұрын
Whats the name of the song at the end
@josenighthawk
2 жыл бұрын
Film Noir = Comforting, yet Hopeless Intimacy, cradled in Heartless Claustrophobia.
@derekbrou
5 жыл бұрын
I couldn’t hear my own footsteps, it was the walk of a dead man.
@roadking99jokerst60
Жыл бұрын
I'm gonna use that , like I use anything I want to.
@kevp9601
3 жыл бұрын
I Love Hard-Boiled Detectives so Much. :-D
@thirtyyearoldmulberryfield
5 жыл бұрын
Preferably tho, before you jump to Neo-Noir, I'd like to see your take on noir outside the US, such as movies like Le Samourï, Stray Dogs, Drunken Angel, Alphaville, etc. Altho I guess some of these will inevitably crossover with the Neo-Noir.
@willieluncheonette5843
3 жыл бұрын
He can start with a few Melville's like Bob the Gambler and as you say Le Samouri, but Bob is in the classic noir time zone.
@sleuthentertainment5872
2 жыл бұрын
Tough and sullen cops, elusive and psychotic criminals, sensual, mysterious and mistreated ladies, powerful businessmen, corrupt law enforcements, dark streets, wet fedora hats, matches in dead ends, bars filled with the smell of smoke and alcohol, chases on rooftops... A viscous, sweaty, oppressive, masochistic, bloody and fatal universe that a true noir lovers worship it. Why? It still remains a mystery, and that's its strongest charm
@apachelogiano612
4 жыл бұрын
Good video!! You went to the bases and did not stray. Good job. It's hard to talk about the Film Noir "genre," and you did it very well.
@sealisa1398
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks....yes, please do a video on Neo Noir. Chinatown, Carlito’s Way.....
@soulchorea
5 жыл бұрын
6:06 - I wanna learn how to light a match like that
@rubydawn1
3 жыл бұрын
Lol I remember watching a film noir and the woman was smoking and she suddenly threw out her cigarette I was out with my friend one night and I did the same thing and she had no idea why I did it but she was like WOW that was so cool these guys were all looking at us like I was a gangster girl lol
@stephenkeen5737
3 жыл бұрын
@@rubydawn1 I think she did it in double indemnity - in the building.(just watched today) I was shocked. I thought she was trying to start a fire. Expected to see a fire start. It didn't. Lol.
@alg11297
5 жыл бұрын
A good story with quicky characters is always going to work. A mystery that seems to get more involved will involve anyone. Most of these films are based on Pulp Fiction novels which were popular for just that reason. Had they been released in the 60s would there have been any difference?
@andythefork
Жыл бұрын
yes
@63MGB1
4 ай бұрын
They would have been in color with less fascinating cinematography.
@bluecollarlit
2 жыл бұрын
I love this. Going to watch it more times. 1981 film, Body Heat. Please do a video on that. It's a total homage and love letter to the original 40s and 50s films noir!
@thirtyyearoldmulberryfield
5 жыл бұрын
YEEESSS!!! BRO! Been a fan of film noir since my wanna be film buff days in highschool. Hitchcock was my fav director at the time and gradually learned more about FN from his early years learning from F. W. Murneau.
@mjohnson1741
4 жыл бұрын
Hitchcock is a GENIUS! Vertigo and Rope are some of my favorites.
@krpyton7368
4 жыл бұрын
Matt Reeves the Batman brought me here Matt reeves is gonna turn his movie into a film noir detective store because Batman is the worlds greatest detective
@zisanshahriar2779
5 жыл бұрын
I subscribed to you in good faith a long time ago and I am not disappointed. I haven't even started watching the video and I know it's gonna be great. Keep it up man, quality is better than quantity.
@MarkRoberts-bj2me
4 жыл бұрын
Film-noir is a term coined by French cineasts around 1954 which literally means "dark" or "black" film. The French, who had been denied the viewing of Hollywood pictures during the war, noticed a different type of film with a unique treatment of the subject matter which they began grouping under the term Film-Noir. The classic period starts in '41 with "The Maltese Falcon" directed by John Houston and ends in '58 with Welles' masterpiece "A Touch Of Evil". Different genres of film can be classified as Film-Noir since the term is not a genre itself. There are Western noirs, Horror noirs and even Sci-Fi noirs. There are British, Italian, Japanese and French noirs as well. There are what are called Pre-Noirs, Color Noirs, and crossover noirs known as parodies and/or comedies. Then there is neo-noir which are films released after the classic period. The best example being Martin Scorsese's masterpiece "Taxi Driver". "hard-boiled detective films"........"dark and lurid fantasies of a population on the verge of collective insanity" Jeffrey Stillwell thankfully points out in his first few words that his understanding of "film-noir" is superficial at best. The generally accepted top ten film-noirs are in order: "Touch of Evil", "Sunset Boulevard", "Night Of The Hunter", "Notorious", Double Indemnity, "Out Of The Past", "Sweet Smell Of Success", "In a Lonely Place", and "The Maltese Falcon". Out of these 10 pictures appear one "hard boiled detective", a private dick named Samuel Spade played by Bogie in the classic "Maltese Falcon". "Touch Of Evil" characters include, a high ranking Mexican narcotics official played by Charlton Heston (Welles should have cast Richard Conte), a border city Police Captain named Hank Quinlan played by Welles himself and a Police Sergeant on the same police force named Pete Menzies played by Joseph Calleia. Cary Grant plays a U.S. Government Agent in "Notorious. Edward G. Robinson plays an insurance investigator in "Double Indemnity". "Hard boiled detective films" description of film-noir shot all to hell. "Touch of "Evil" - A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town. "Sunset Boulevard" - A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return. "Night Of The Hunter" - A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery. "Notorious" - A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them? "Double Indemnity" - An insurance representative lets himself be talked by a seductive housewife into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses the suspicion of an insurance investigator. "Out Of The Past" - (Guys, prepare yourselves for the overwhelming sexuality of 23 year old Jane Greer) A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses and duplicitous dames. "Sweet Smell of Success" - Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician. "In a Lonely Place" - A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. But she begins to have doubts. (Bogie at his best along with his role as Rick in "Casablanca". Cineasts disagree whether "Casablanca" is film-noir however more and more often the picture is being defined as film-noir. "The Maltese Falcon" - The picture most consider, incorrectly, to be the essence of film-noir although it has inspired many a subsequent similar film-noir picture primarily because of the pulp fiction writers' stories that adapted so well to what would later be called film-noir. In the "Falcon". a private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette. These film-noirs primarily focus on vignettes of the seamy underbelly of post WWII life in America. They are not about "dark and lurid fantasies" or "collective insanity" as one can tell from the descriptions provided of the best noirs. A brief discussion regarding film-noir must mention the lighting. Most noirs were B-films shot on tight budgets. Many of the directors of these films were immigrants that had escaped Nazi Germany and were accustomed to shooting in the German Expressionist style. The type of lighting used in classic noir is known as "chiaroscuro" which creates dark areas on the screen and uses strategically placed shadows thus helping to hide the cheapness of the sets. However, the use of chiaroscuro also creates an atmosphere which cannot be duplicated by the use of color. One of many favorite techniques used by noir cinematographers involves the "pin spotlight". If one has an excellent Blu-ray pressing of "Casablanca", and the display has been calibrated correctly, the viewer can see how the use of the pin-spot lights and dramatizes the eyes of the beautiful Ingrid Bergman. This post merely scrapes the surface of film-noir. For a far superior journey into film-noir kzitem.info/news/bejne/tG6rqamBsZdlrKA Explore it, watch it, fall in love with the films as many before have done.
@constellaespj4398
4 жыл бұрын
I'm always going to wonder what that song is that's playing at the end of the video. This was a great watch. Thank you for sharing it.
@JeffreyStillwell
4 жыл бұрын
Me too. I know it's the theme song from 'The Long Goodbye' (kzitem.info/news/bejne/xX1m35-woWZopG0) which appears early in the movie as radio muzak. But who the artist is or where the OG recording is from, I don't know and I haven't been able to track it down. It was probably recorded exclusively for the film, but it doesn't appear on the official soundtrack either. If anyone knows or can find out, please post it here!
@emmasedits6566
4 жыл бұрын
thank you so much! this was very informative, i've been really into this genre lately
@magenta_mer-goat86
Жыл бұрын
It is so tragic that this genre is often referenced in modern media for purely satirical purposes.
@mattikristall6739
4 жыл бұрын
Loved film noir. How about more short b grade films with not so famous actors
@mjohnson1741
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for mentioning that! The B film noir are among the best and some of my favorites. D.O.A, Detour and The Killing etc...
@willieluncheonette5843
3 жыл бұрын
@@mjohnson1741 Detour is the classic example.
@michaelodonnell824
Жыл бұрын
Silly question but in the typical Private Eye movie, while the detective is usually strapped for cash, his clients are often from the Uber wealthy elites. Is that a commentary on the problematic wealth distribution often present in the Depression or simply a way to allow the relatively poor glimpse how the other half live as the detective negotiates between the two worlds?
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