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This was more than a watch party. It was two film classes and a movie concentrated into less than three hours. @tommykrasker.bsky.social, @ctmillion.bsky.social, thank you so much for your hard work. You blew my already high expectations out of the water. #TheLostWeekend #TheNoirCollective

Billy Wilder: Guerilla Filmmaker. Who knew? 😀

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Thanks to @tommykrasker.bsky.social and @ctmillion.bsky.social for hosting #TheLostWeekend with its outstanding cinematography for a terrifying experience of addiction and bleakness.
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#NoirChecklist for #TheLostWeekend:

-Sap protagonist
-Inexplicably loyal gal pal
-Gabby bartender
-Barroom floozy (in lace!)
-Multiple flashbacks
-Mid-film musical number
-Nosy landlady
-Bonkers hallucination scene
-Dual identities
-More rye on display than a pumpernickel bakery
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Thanks for a fun watch party!! I enjoyed everyone’s great insights. Looking forward to the next one! 🎥 🌃 #TheLostWeekend #TheNoirCollective

I'm over here acting like I didn't pull out my phone and snap a couple photos of the same scene.
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Thank you everyone. I always enjoy your great comments

Thanks for the great movie and great information!
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Well folks, how many circles did you count in #TheLostWeekend? Here's a start for the #CircleChecklist; add your contributions below! #TheNoirCollective

-Circular opening and closing shot
-Glass water rings on the bar
-Pawnshop signs with three globes...

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You FEEL the grime, the sweating breathlessness, the bleakness, smell the exhaust of city streets... and it's somehow beautiful at the same time. #TheLostWeekend #TCMParty

She's really wrapped up in his addiction

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Thank you so much for joining me and @ctmillion.bsky.social for #TheLostWeekend. This film is one of my favorites, and it was an honor to share it with you. A quick shout-out to @noirbeachshack.bsky.social & @coffeeandnoir.bsky.social for suggesting we host it. 😊 #TheNoirCollective

And the opening pan of the city repeats, but now moving in the opposite direction, completing– however tenuously– Don’s circular journey. Billy Wilder: “A film where the whole story is fully resolved doesn’t exist. It’s impossible.”

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Even as Brackett & Wilder comfort those struggling with alcohol, their protagonist holds to the option of suicide. #TheLostWeekend ends perched between hope and hopelessness: once again exposing the perils of our homegrown optimism. It may well be the purest American noir of all. #TheNoirCollective

Everything in moderation, Gregory. Everything in moderation.

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