Exteriors were shot in NYC in Oct 1944, then the cast spent two months on the Paramount lot. This set, “Nat’s,” so resembled a NYC bar that homesick New Yorker Robert Benchley – filming at nearby RKO – walked onto the set daily at 5 PM and poured himself a bourbon. #TheNoirCollective #TheLostWeekend

Heck, who doesn't like the clothes?! #TheNoirCollective #TheLostWeekend

Wilder grew interested in adapting Jackson’s semi-autobiographical novel after co-authoring ‘Double Indemnity’ with an alcoholic Raymond Chandler and watching him self-destruct. Wilder made the film in great part to try to “explain Chandler to myself.” #TheNoirCollective #TheLostWeekend

Just look at those eyes. Need knows what he *needs* and is determined to get it.
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Charles R. Jackson’s novel #TheLostWeekend uses interior monologue and a stream-of-consciousness narrative style to dig deep into the mind of an alcoholic. Wilder and Seitz search for – and seize upon – visual equivalents. Here, the bottles loom large, as they do in Don’s head. #TheNoirCollective

One of his greatest- and least seen– works is Five Graves to Cairo, which Wilder himself said he should have won an Oscar for. #TheNoirCollective #TheLostWeekend

Sheesh! These two have no clue.

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Wick is pretty judgy for somebody who flicked a lit cigarette out a window.
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Once Don is alone, he doesn’t just abandon any pretense of respectability; he abandons any pretense of humanity. As he hunts for that elusive bottle, he rifles through rooms, like a hungry animal ferreting out its next meal. #TheNoirCollective #TheLostWeekend

As usual, tonight I will mostly be focusing (heh 😉) on the work of cinematographer John F. Seitz in #TheLostWeekend, while Tommy handles all that highbrow thematic stuff. And if you missed our noir history pre-show, check it out after the film. #TheNoirCollective

Phillip Terry sighting. Also in "Born to Kill" and ....
"The Leech Woman" - with Coleen Gray!
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George Stroud in The Big Clock, probably, but Ministry of Fear, Dial M, and my beloved, woefully unappreciated Lady in the Dark are up there.

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And who wouldn't need a break from Joan Crawford after a couple of years! (sorry...) #theNoirCollective #TheLostWeekend

My mother had a leopard fur coat just like Helen’s only it was longer.
She let me wear it once.

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The manipulation begins
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Here for a first watch of #TheLostWeekend. Jane Wyman in animal print and long hair is making me dizzy. #TheNoirCollective