Jack H Christal-Gattanella
@jackherbert.bsky.social
Adjunct Professor, semi-professional independent filmmaker, amateur/would be professional film Critic, driving instructor, couch potato and the luckiest husband. New Jersey is home for some reason. Cinetarium.blogspot.com
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20. Favorite Gambling Scene in a Film-Noir - Melville's "Bob le Flambeur" basically the entire climax of the film
20. Favorite Gambling Scene in a Film-Noir - Melville's "Bob le Flambeur" basically the entire climax of the film
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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20. Favorite Gambling Scene in a Film-Noir - Melville's "Bob le Flambeur" basically the entire climax of the film
20. Favorite Gambling Scene in a Film-Noir - Melville's "Bob le Flambeur" basically the entire climax of the film
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19. Can't come up with (or just havent seen) anything else that could top The Set-Up by Robert Wise. Not to discount Kubrick's work on the boxing scenes for Killer's Kiss, however.
19. Can't come up with (or just havent seen) anything else that could top The Set-Up by Robert Wise. Not to discount Kubrick's work on the boxing scenes for Killer's Kiss, however.
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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19. Can't come up with (or just havent seen) anything else that could top The Set-Up by Robert Wise. Not to discount Kubrick's work on the boxing scenes for Killer's Kiss, however.
19. Can't come up with (or just havent seen) anything else that could top The Set-Up by Robert Wise. Not to discount Kubrick's work on the boxing scenes for Killer's Kiss, however.
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18. Favorite Film-Noir MacGuffin - Marvin Acme's Will from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (I know, what about the Box from Kiss Me Deadly, you may ask? Maybe I am saving that, ok?
18. Favorite Film-Noir MacGuffin - Marvin Acme's Will from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (I know, what about the Box from Kiss Me Deadly, you may ask? Maybe I am saving that, ok?
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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18. Favorite Film-Noir MacGuffin - Marvin Acme's Will from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (I know, what about the Box from Kiss Me Deadly, you may ask? Maybe I am saving that, ok?
18. Favorite Film-Noir MacGuffin - Marvin Acme's Will from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (I know, what about the Box from Kiss Me Deadly, you may ask? Maybe I am saving that, ok?
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17. Favorite Film Noir Duo - John Dall/Farley Granger in Hitchcock's Rope (I almost went with Hume Cronyn/Wallace Ford as the murder-obsessed fellows from Shadow of a Doubt, but of course the duo from Rope have more screen time)
"Cat and mouse! Cat and Mouse!"
17. Favorite Film Noir Duo - John Dall/Farley Granger in Hitchcock's Rope (I almost went with Hume Cronyn/Wallace Ford as the murder-obsessed fellows from Shadow of a Doubt, but of course the duo from Rope have more screen time)
"Cat and mouse! Cat and Mouse!"
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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17. Favorite Film Noir Duo - John Dall/Farley Granger in Hitchcock's Rope (I almost went with Hume Cronyn/Wallace Ford as the murder-obsessed fellows from Shadow of a Doubt, but of course the duo from Rope have more screen time)
"Cat and mouse! Cat and Mouse!"
17. Favorite Film Noir Duo - John Dall/Farley Granger in Hitchcock's Rope (I almost went with Hume Cronyn/Wallace Ford as the murder-obsessed fellows from Shadow of a Doubt, but of course the duo from Rope have more screen time)
"Cat and mouse! Cat and Mouse!"
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15. Film Noir character you would trust the least with your secrets. This counts as Neo-Noir, yeah? David Kleinfeld in "Carlito's Way."
"Fuck you, fuck the streets, your whole goddamn world is this big, and there's only one rule: you save your own ass."
15. Film Noir character you would trust the least with your secrets. This counts as Neo-Noir, yeah? David Kleinfeld in "Carlito's Way."
"Fuck you, fuck the streets, your whole goddamn world is this big, and there's only one rule: you save your own ass."
November 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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15. Film Noir character you would trust the least with your secrets. This counts as Neo-Noir, yeah? David Kleinfeld in "Carlito's Way."
"Fuck you, fuck the streets, your whole goddamn world is this big, and there's only one rule: you save your own ass."
15. Film Noir character you would trust the least with your secrets. This counts as Neo-Noir, yeah? David Kleinfeld in "Carlito's Way."
"Fuck you, fuck the streets, your whole goddamn world is this big, and there's only one rule: you save your own ass."
Could there be just one or two people in the government to follow George McFly's impulse (after much deliberation) and do what has to be done to President Biff?
(Why yes I did see Back to the Future again tonight and yes still rules)
(Why yes I did see Back to the Future again tonight and yes still rules)
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Could there be just one or two people in the government to follow George McFly's impulse (after much deliberation) and do what has to be done to President Biff?
(Why yes I did see Back to the Future again tonight and yes still rules)
(Why yes I did see Back to the Future again tonight and yes still rules)
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14. Who's on Film-Noir Mount Rushmore. Mitchum (Out of the Past), Bogie, director Fritz Lang and Gene Tierney (Laura, Leave Her to Heaven, Night and the City)
14. Who's on Film-Noir Mount Rushmore. Mitchum (Out of the Past), Bogie, director Fritz Lang and Gene Tierney (Laura, Leave Her to Heaven, Night and the City)
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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14. Who's on Film-Noir Mount Rushmore. Mitchum (Out of the Past), Bogie, director Fritz Lang and Gene Tierney (Laura, Leave Her to Heaven, Night and the City)
14. Who's on Film-Noir Mount Rushmore. Mitchum (Out of the Past), Bogie, director Fritz Lang and Gene Tierney (Laura, Leave Her to Heaven, Night and the City)
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13. Favorite low-budget B Noir - "Gun Crazy" (1950) co-written by then-blacklisted Dalton Trumbo
13. Favorite low-budget B Noir - "Gun Crazy" (1950) co-written by then-blacklisted Dalton Trumbo
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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13. Favorite low-budget B Noir - "Gun Crazy" (1950) co-written by then-blacklisted Dalton Trumbo
13. Favorite low-budget B Noir - "Gun Crazy" (1950) co-written by then-blacklisted Dalton Trumbo
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12. Sexiest Film Noir" the Wachowskis' BOUND (1996)
"You seem uncomfortable. Do I make you nervous, Corky?"
"No."
[drinks from beer bottle] "Thirsty, maybe?"
12. Sexiest Film Noir" the Wachowskis' BOUND (1996)
"You seem uncomfortable. Do I make you nervous, Corky?"
"No."
[drinks from beer bottle] "Thirsty, maybe?"
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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12. Sexiest Film Noir" the Wachowskis' BOUND (1996)
"You seem uncomfortable. Do I make you nervous, Corky?"
"No."
[drinks from beer bottle] "Thirsty, maybe?"
12. Sexiest Film Noir" the Wachowskis' BOUND (1996)
"You seem uncomfortable. Do I make you nervous, Corky?"
"No."
[drinks from beer bottle] "Thirsty, maybe?"
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11. Favorite bar scene or cocktail in a Film Noir - "High and Low" (when Ginjiro the Medical Intern goes to the crowded bar, sunglasses fully on, and the detectives follow him)
11. Favorite bar scene or cocktail in a Film Noir - "High and Low" (when Ginjiro the Medical Intern goes to the crowded bar, sunglasses fully on, and the detectives follow him)
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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11. Favorite bar scene or cocktail in a Film Noir - "High and Low" (when Ginjiro the Medical Intern goes to the crowded bar, sunglasses fully on, and the detectives follow him)
11. Favorite bar scene or cocktail in a Film Noir - "High and Low" (when Ginjiro the Medical Intern goes to the crowded bar, sunglasses fully on, and the detectives follow him)
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10. Favorite Gloria Grahame Film-Noir - "In a Lonely Place" (I could have also gone with The Big Heat, but I picked a Lang yesterday)
"I said I liked it - I didn't say I wanted to kiss it."
10. Favorite Gloria Grahame Film-Noir - "In a Lonely Place" (I could have also gone with The Big Heat, but I picked a Lang yesterday)
"I said I liked it - I didn't say I wanted to kiss it."
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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10. Favorite Gloria Grahame Film-Noir - "In a Lonely Place" (I could have also gone with The Big Heat, but I picked a Lang yesterday)
"I said I liked it - I didn't say I wanted to kiss it."
10. Favorite Gloria Grahame Film-Noir - "In a Lonely Place" (I could have also gone with The Big Heat, but I picked a Lang yesterday)
"I said I liked it - I didn't say I wanted to kiss it."
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9. Favorite Dan Duryea Film Noir- "Scarlet Street (1945) as Johnny Prince (although "Too Late for Years" 1949 is a close second)
"Lazy Legs."
9. Favorite Dan Duryea Film Noir- "Scarlet Street (1945) as Johnny Prince (although "Too Late for Years" 1949 is a close second)
"Lazy Legs."
November 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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9. Favorite Dan Duryea Film Noir- "Scarlet Street (1945) as Johnny Prince (although "Too Late for Years" 1949 is a close second)
"Lazy Legs."
9. Favorite Dan Duryea Film Noir- "Scarlet Street (1945) as Johnny Prince (although "Too Late for Years" 1949 is a close second)
"Lazy Legs."
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8. "Now you're talking, Noir!" Favorite line from a Film-Noir Sterling Hayden telling this to Timothy Carey in Kubrick's "The Killing": "You'd be killing a horse - that's not first degree murder, in fact it's not murder at all, in fact I don't know what it is."
8. "Now you're talking, Noir!" Favorite line from a Film-Noir Sterling Hayden telling this to Timothy Carey in Kubrick's "The Killing": "You'd be killing a horse - that's not first degree murder, in fact it's not murder at all, in fact I don't know what it is."
November 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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8. "Now you're talking, Noir!" Favorite line from a Film-Noir Sterling Hayden telling this to Timothy Carey in Kubrick's "The Killing": "You'd be killing a horse - that's not first degree murder, in fact it's not murder at all, in fact I don't know what it is."
8. "Now you're talking, Noir!" Favorite line from a Film-Noir Sterling Hayden telling this to Timothy Carey in Kubrick's "The Killing": "You'd be killing a horse - that's not first degree murder, in fact it's not murder at all, in fact I don't know what it is."
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7. Favorite Film Noir Dream Sequence: maybe too easy as a choice, but "Spellbound" - Hitchcock + Dali!
7. Favorite Film Noir Dream Sequence: maybe too easy as a choice, but "Spellbound" - Hitchcock + Dali!
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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7. Favorite Film Noir Dream Sequence: maybe too easy as a choice, but "Spellbound" - Hitchcock + Dali!
7. Favorite Film Noir Dream Sequence: maybe too easy as a choice, but "Spellbound" - Hitchcock + Dali!
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6. Coolest Film Noir character. I haven't seen this in a while, but Goro Hanada in Sezuki's "Branded to Kill" comes to mind (yep, going to Japan for this one)
6. Coolest Film Noir character. I haven't seen this in a while, but Goro Hanada in Sezuki's "Branded to Kill" comes to mind (yep, going to Japan for this one)
November 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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6. Coolest Film Noir character. I haven't seen this in a while, but Goro Hanada in Sezuki's "Branded to Kill" comes to mind (yep, going to Japan for this one)
6. Coolest Film Noir character. I haven't seen this in a while, but Goro Hanada in Sezuki's "Branded to Kill" comes to mind (yep, going to Japan for this one)
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5. Film noir you'd show someone whos never seen one
"Bad Day at Black Rock" because it doesn't seem like one at first (in color? Harumph), but it so is and underrated AF
5. Film noir you'd show someone whos never seen one
"Bad Day at Black Rock" because it doesn't seem like one at first (in color? Harumph), but it so is and underrated AF
November 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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5. Film noir you'd show someone whos never seen one
"Bad Day at Black Rock" because it doesn't seem like one at first (in color? Harumph), but it so is and underrated AF
5. Film noir you'd show someone whos never seen one
"Bad Day at Black Rock" because it doesn't seem like one at first (in color? Harumph), but it so is and underrated AF
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4. Film Noir ahead of its time
"Detour" (as a prime example of creative independent B cinema, and just as an example of existentialism and fatalistic ideas "That's life. Whichever way you turn, Fate sticks out a foot to trip you."
4. Film Noir ahead of its time
"Detour" (as a prime example of creative independent B cinema, and just as an example of existentialism and fatalistic ideas "That's life. Whichever way you turn, Fate sticks out a foot to trip you."
November 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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4. Film Noir ahead of its time
"Detour" (as a prime example of creative independent B cinema, and just as an example of existentialism and fatalistic ideas "That's life. Whichever way you turn, Fate sticks out a foot to trip you."
4. Film Noir ahead of its time
"Detour" (as a prime example of creative independent B cinema, and just as an example of existentialism and fatalistic ideas "That's life. Whichever way you turn, Fate sticks out a foot to trip you."
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3. The Film Noir That Made You a Fan: "Blood Simple." By the Coen bros
"What's the matter, Ray? I haven't done anything funny."
3. The Film Noir That Made You a Fan: "Blood Simple." By the Coen bros
"What's the matter, Ray? I haven't done anything funny."
November 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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3. The Film Noir That Made You a Fan: "Blood Simple." By the Coen bros
"What's the matter, Ray? I haven't done anything funny."
3. The Film Noir That Made You a Fan: "Blood Simple." By the Coen bros
"What's the matter, Ray? I haven't done anything funny."
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2. Favorite Film Noir character introduction - Peter Lorre "Maltese Falcon"
"What is the phrase: no questions will be asked."
2. Favorite Film Noir character introduction - Peter Lorre "Maltese Falcon"
"What is the phrase: no questions will be asked."
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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2. Favorite Film Noir character introduction - Peter Lorre "Maltese Falcon"
"What is the phrase: no questions will be asked."
2. Favorite Film Noir character introduction - Peter Lorre "Maltese Falcon"
"What is the phrase: no questions will be asked."
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1. Favorite Film Noir Opening Scene: Double Indemnity
"Dear Keyes, I suppose you'll call this a confession when you hear it... Well, I don't like the word confession, I just want to set you right about something you couldn't see because it was smack up against your nose."
1. Favorite Film Noir Opening Scene: Double Indemnity
"Dear Keyes, I suppose you'll call this a confession when you hear it... Well, I don't like the word confession, I just want to set you right about something you couldn't see because it was smack up against your nose."
November 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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1. Favorite Film Noir Opening Scene: Double Indemnity
"Dear Keyes, I suppose you'll call this a confession when you hear it... Well, I don't like the word confession, I just want to set you right about something you couldn't see because it was smack up against your nose."
1. Favorite Film Noir Opening Scene: Double Indemnity
"Dear Keyes, I suppose you'll call this a confession when you hear it... Well, I don't like the word confession, I just want to set you right about something you couldn't see because it was smack up against your nose."
September 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Week in the news
September 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Week in the news
August 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. who is it?
(This as taken at a q&a several weeks ago for the Muppet Movie. One of the handful of good moments this year.)
(This as taken at a q&a several weeks ago for the Muppet Movie. One of the handful of good moments this year.)
August 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. who is it?
(This as taken at a q&a several weeks ago for the Muppet Movie. One of the handful of good moments this year.)
(This as taken at a q&a several weeks ago for the Muppet Movie. One of the handful of good moments this year.)
For the people in the back (Via @timothysnyder.bsky.social ):
July 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
For the people in the back (Via @timothysnyder.bsky.social ):