"Shows up every month, just like the gas bill." #TheNoirCollective

The radical camera angles and crazy-quilt shadows at multiple conflicting angles in the hospital scene put the viewer into Don’s confused, alcoholic-withdrawal state-of-mind; cinematography supporting character development! #TheLostWeekend #TheNoirCollective

This is terrifying!

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If Ray Milland stood me up I'd cry too.
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I hope Don never meets Gaye Dawn.
... of course, maybe they did in the shared noir universe. 😉
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See, you're getting it!
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As an aside, if noirs can be anything, why are so many crime films? Easy: crime films were popular, so that’s what writers & directors were assigned. The miracle is how they infused so many – and so many other genres – with the sense of disillusion & paranoia that clouded the era. #TheNoirCollective

Notably, after Double Indemnity, Wilder’s noirs grew more genre fluid. But whether decimating the American dream (The Lost Weekend), pondering the price of opportunism (Sunset Boulevard) or exposing the destructive power of greed (Ace in the Hole), they’re unmistakably noir. #TheNoirCollective

@jauntworksstudio.bsky.social noted recently, “Noir is a movement, not a genre.”

Exactly. “Crime film” is a genre. Noir is creative artists tapping into a public mood and projecting it onto the screen. Thus, noir can be applied to everything from Westerns to screwballs to satire. #TheNoirCollective

Everytime I hear that theremin, I expect to see John Newland from One Step Beyond!

That was a TV show about supernatural phenomena, kiddies!

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Whoring himself for drinking money #TheNoirCollective

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Shout out to the Jewish High Holidays moment!
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