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james99 · 2005-06-04, 12:04 PM

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BradF · 2005-06-07, 08:19 PM

Picked these up at FS today. $11.89 each, same as the Amazon pre-order.

I popped in House Of Bamboo and was kinda startled to see a 2.55:1 aspect ratio, and some very vibrant colour. Small mob of ex-GI's , pulling heist jobs in post-war Japan, infiltrated by a military policeman working on the sly. I can't really consider this movie a "film noir", doesn't fit my rigid standards, basically just a crime drama.

Hafta say though, the original poster art makes for attractive packaging. Just like the Warner series, I need to have them all.

james99 · 2005-06-07, 08:44 PM

I originally ordered them from DVDSOON but cancelled after picking them up in person today at Sunrise (2 / $20). HMV also had them for $10 each (3 / $30).

Haven't opened any of them yet.

BradF · 2005-06-07, 08:57 PM

Fox is going with some really attractive pricing these days. I also picked up some good titles in the 3 for $20 bin at FS today...
http://www.futureshop.ca/marketing/3...gon=&langid=EN

james99 · 2005-06-16, 11:55 PM

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House of Bamboo
* * *
1955, Fox, unrated, $15

Directed by cult filmmaker Samuel Fuller in his brief big-studio period, this "Battle of the Bobs" (Stack and Ryan) benefits from CinemaScope Tokyo location footage from a time when few Hollywood productions got to shoot there. Ryan is an American hood running rackets, while Stack, dishing out the same stoic poetry he'd bring to dialogue deliveries on TV's The Untouchables, works undercover trying to topple him. There's a mild gay subtext, and Shirley Yamaguchi looks convincingly miserable as a woman caught in the middle.

What's in a name? Though Bamboo is being marketed in a film noir package, the movie is predominantly a daylight affair shot in bright colors. But when Robert Ryan is slapping folks around, a movie automatically has the soul of noir.

You will notice that the plot is very similiar to The Street with No Name.

BradF · 2005-06-17, 09:55 AM

Yes indeed. I watched them back-to-back, so it was pretty obvious. Same screenwriter gets credit.

TSWNN is a nice dark shadowy affair, and House Of Bamboo is what it is, but to me, the real stand-out is Nightmare Alley... just lets down a bit at the end, but WOW, what a great movie.

james99 · 2005-08-06, 09:05 PM

Somewhere in the Night

Whirlpool

House on 92nd Street

BradF · 2005-08-31, 10:01 AM

Beaver has a review up for House On 92nd Street:
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDRev...dvd_review.htm

Eddie Muller does a commentary -- I really enjoyed the one he did for Born To Kill.

And starring one of my old fave actors, Lloyd Nolan, who's also found in Dressed To Kill, a good detective story/murder mystery, also released on the 6th.

edit: a look at Somewhere In The Night and Whirlpool.

james99 · 2005-09-18, 08:15 PM

I ordered Dressed To Kill based upon your comments. Should be here any day now.

I watched all of the Noir movies listed in this thread. Enjoyed all 3 but liked House on 92nd Street the best. Perhaps because it was a true story, not sure.

It is also interesing that they had to wait for the war to end before releasing it since it contained classified information the public was unaware of. It came out just 8 days after the war officiallly ended.

BradF · 2005-09-19, 09:19 AM

I enjoyed all three as well. Hard to pick a favourite this time. I think every entry in this series has had something good to offer, either in whole or in part. Word is, some 24 titles before it's done... and not to forget the outstanding Fox noir that Criterion has released, like Pickup On South Street, Thieves' Highway, and Night And The City.

Dressed To Kill is just one of a whole slew of "Mike Shayne" detective movies that featured the popular Mr. Nolan. It's crazy that this title alone gets released and it's not even the first one in the series. I wish Fox had come out of the gate with an entire collection, a la Warner and it's huge selling The Thin Man box.

james99 · 2005-09-21, 11:10 PM

Official Website: http://www.foxhome.com/filmnoir/

james99 · 2005-09-18, 06:05 PM

http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASI...A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB

http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASI...A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB

http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASI...A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB

james99 · 2005-12-03, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by james99

http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASI...A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB

http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASI...A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB

http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASI...A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB

Bump. These 3 titles are out on Tuesday.

james99 · 2006-03-05, 08:41 PM

3 more titles out this Tuesday:

House on Telegraph Hill
Fallen Angel
No Way Out

james99 · 2006-04-04, 06:45 PM

Film Noir Collection, Volume Three (Lady in the Lake/Border Incident/His Kind of Woman/On Dangerous Ground/The Racket) due July 4th.

View Poll Results: Favourite Noir Film of all time
Sunset Blvd. (1950)	0	0%
M (1931)	1	3.57%
The Third Man (1949)	3	10.71%
Double Indemnity (1944)	3	10.71%
The Maltese Falcon (1941)	8	28.57%
Touch of Evil (1958)	1	3.57%
Strangers on a Train (1951)	2	7.14%
The Big Sleep (1946)	0	0%
Notorious (1946)	0	0%
Ace in the Hole (1951)	0	0%
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)	0	0%
The Killing (1956)	1	3.57%
Out of the Past (1947)	1	3.57%
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)	1	3.57%
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)	0	0%
The Night of the Hunter (1955)	1	3.57%
White Heat (1949)	1	3.57%
Nightmare Alley (1947)	1	3.57%
Laura (1944)	3	10.71%
The Set-Up (1949)	0	0%
Key Largo (1948)	1	3.57%
Night and the City (1950)	0	0%
Body and Soul (1947)	0	0%
Scarface (1932)	0	0%
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll

2005-06-04, 12:04 PM	#1
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2005-08-06, 09:05 PM	#7
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	September 6th more Fox Film Noir Somewhere in the Night Whirlpool House on 92nd Street

2005-08-31, 10:01 AM	#8
BradF Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sw ontario Posts: 896	Beaver has a review up for House On 92nd Street: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDRev...dvd_review.htm Eddie Muller does a commentary -- I really enjoyed the one he did for Born To Kill. And starring one of my old fave actors, Lloyd Nolan, who's also found in Dressed To Kill, a good detective story/murder mystery, also released on the 6th. edit: a look at Somewhere In The Night and Whirlpool. Last edited by BradF; 2005-09-01 at 04:32 PM.

2005-09-18, 06:05 PM	#12
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	December 6th - another batch of Film Noir http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASI...A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASI...A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASI...A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB

2005-06-07, 08:19 PM	#2
BradF Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sw ontario Posts: 896	Picked these up at FS today. $11.89 each, same as the Amazon pre-order. I popped in House Of Bamboo and was kinda startled to see a 2.55:1 aspect ratio, and some very vibrant colour. Small mob of ex-GI's , pulling heist jobs in post-war Japan, infiltrated by a military policeman working on the sly. I can't really consider this movie a "film noir", doesn't fit my rigid standards, basically just a crime drama. Hafta say though, the original poster art makes for attractive packaging. Just like the Warner series, I need to have them all.

2005-06-07, 08:44 PM	#3
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	I originally ordered them from DVDSOON but cancelled after picking them up in person today at Sunrise (2 / $20). HMV also had them for $10 each (3 / $30). Haven't opened any of them yet.

2005-06-07, 08:57 PM	#4
BradF Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sw ontario Posts: 896	Fox is going with some really attractive pricing these days. I also picked up some good titles in the 3 for $20 bin at FS today... http://www.futureshop.ca/marketing/3...gon=&langid=EN

2005-06-17, 09:55 AM	#6
BradF Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sw ontario Posts: 896	Yes indeed. I watched them back-to-back, so it was pretty obvious. Same screenwriter gets credit. TSWNN is a nice dark shadowy affair, and House Of Bamboo is what it is, but to me, the real stand-out is Nightmare Alley... just lets down a bit at the end, but WOW, what a great movie.

2005-09-18, 08:15 PM	#9
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	I ordered Dressed To Kill based upon your comments. Should be here any day now. I watched all of the Noir movies listed in this thread. Enjoyed all 3 but liked House on 92nd Street the best. Perhaps because it was a true story, not sure. It is also interesing that they had to wait for the war to end before releasing it since it contained classified information the public was unaware of. It came out just 8 days after the war officiallly ended.

2005-09-19, 09:19 AM	#10
BradF Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sw ontario Posts: 896	I enjoyed all three as well. Hard to pick a favourite this time. I think every entry in this series has had something good to offer, either in whole or in part. Word is, some 24 titles before it's done... and not to forget the outstanding Fox noir that Criterion has released, like Pickup On South Street, Thieves' Highway, and Night And The City. Dressed To Kill is just one of a whole slew of "Mike Shayne" detective movies that featured the popular Mr. Nolan. It's crazy that this title alone gets released and it's not even the first one in the series. I wish Fox had come out of the gate with an entire collection, a la Warner and it's huge selling The Thin Man box.

2005-09-21, 11:10 PM	#11
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	Official Website: http://www.foxhome.com/filmnoir/

2006-03-05, 08:41 PM	#14
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	3 more titles out this Tuesday: House on Telegraph Hill Fallen Angel No Way Out

2006-04-04, 06:45 PM	#15
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	Film Noir Collection, Volume Three (Lady in the Lake/Border Incident/His Kind of Woman/On Dangerous Ground/The Racket) due July 4th.

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