I suppose you are correct... but Maltese is at least a detective film! :) the web site is a bit silly, even on a faster connection. I copied a lot of what I wanted to read to a text file to be easier on my eyes, if you are interesed in that, contact me off list and I can forward you what I got. On bit of what I wanted to read seemed to be 6pt. and*each*word*is*separated*by*a*dot*instead*of*a*space...*annoying.
russell On 8/29/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've not heard of Brick ... the web site's a PITA for a dialup connection, > so I'll have to look elsewhere for information. > > The Maltese Falcon, while often considered an example of the genre, is not > a true noir movie. While the femme fatale is a good representation of the > character mode, Bogart's character is in control of the situation and > triumphs in the end The "patter" however, is very noirish ;-)) Generally, > in a true noir film or novel, the main male character is more self > destructive, on the road to ruin, or out of control and spiraling > downwards. One can look to Kubrick's film, The Killing, in which Sterling > Hayden is manipulated by people and events, and ultimately dies at the end, > within sight of his goal. In contemporary films, Bound is a good example, > where Caesar, played by Joey "Pants" meets his downfall at the hands of two > very conniving women, and some of the other men in the film are manipulated > by these two very clever women.. The Last Seduction is another great > contemporary noir flick. > > You may surmise that I'm somewhat of a fan of noir, and just finished > reading, for the second time, Dark City Dames, which is something of a bio > of six of the (arguably) greatest dames in film noir: Audrey Totter, > Marie Windsor, Jane Greer, Evelyn Keyes, Coleen Gray, and Ann Savage. I > highly recommend the book: > > http://www.eddiemuller.com/darkcitydames.html > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Russell Kerstetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > Date: 8/29/2006 8:19:04 PM > > Subject: OT: Anyone see Brick? > > > > www.brickmovie.net > > > > If you havn't, and you like film noir/detective films (like Maltese > > Falcon, and such) then you would like Brick. I haven't seen very many > > good movies recently. I saw this one last night and I thought about > > it most of the day today. > > > > For anyone who did see it..... thoughts? > > > > Russell > > > > (I know, two OT posts in a week..... I am shamed.....) > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
