Actually, they're both as bad as each other...
Actually, they're both as bad as each other...
13. Favorite low-budget B Noir. Didn’t Mitch say that the only reason Edward Dmytryk shot Crossfire as a Film Noir was because RKO where so cheap they couldn’t afford more lights? #NoirvemberChallenge
13. Favorite low-budget B Noir. Didn’t Mitch say that the only reason Edward Dmytryk shot Crossfire as a Film Noir was because RKO where so cheap they couldn’t afford more lights? #NoirvemberChallenge
Tough call: Linda Fiorentino in Last Seduction; Mitch and Jane Greer on the beach in Out of the Past; but Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love is one long gorgeous doomed swoon of a movie.
Tough call: Linda Fiorentino in Last Seduction; Mitch and Jane Greer on the beach in Out of the Past; but Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love is one long gorgeous doomed swoon of a movie.
(also: my pet theory is that it was an influence on X-Files, but i haven't seen it in yikes 40 years, so what do you think?)
(also: my pet theory is that it was an influence on X-Files, but i haven't seen it in yikes 40 years, so what do you think?)
4. Film Noir Ahead of its Time. #NoirvemberChallenge
Does Vertigo count? It's noir in theme if not in look, and feels more like David Lynch than a movie from 1958
4. Film Noir Ahead of its Time. #NoirvemberChallenge
Does Vertigo count? It's noir in theme if not in look, and feels more like David Lynch than a movie from 1958