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Pulp Fiction vs. Forrest Gump

Q: So the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences dropped the ball on this, the one picture with the MOST motion, the MOST artistic? A: Correctamundo!

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Chinatown - A Film Noir Analysis

Film noir is generally associated with a ‘dark’ type of film in the era following WWII. Film’s that are categorized in this genre are marked by a style that generally contains certain distinguishing...

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"It was a dark night in the city..."  City streets were perhaps where the idea of 'noir' originated.70

Black and White Photo Noirs

"It was a dark night in the city..." City streets were perhaps where the idea of 'noir' originated. 'Noir,' means 'black' in French of course, and the term originated with 'film noir' cinenamatography...

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Classic Hollywood Movies Film Noir 1940's to 1950's

The most prolific period of time in which film noir was produced starts with The Maltese Falcon in 1941 and ends with Touch of Evil in 1958. During this period and for quite a while afterward, the films were...

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10 Films That Everyone Should See

One of my all time favorite topics! Most of these movies, very few people have seen or heard of, so other in the list are obvious favorites loved by almost every one. Take the time to please tell me what you...

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Double Indemnity: Mischief, Murder, and Mise en Scène

My Associates Store - DVDS   The genre known as film noir, or black cinema, was a popular style of filmmaking in the 1940s and early 1950s. Most scenes in these films usually took place at night, with...

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Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray "Double Indemnity"75

Sex Gone Wrong: When Love goes Lethal

Attraction, passion, marriage...murder? Tragic in real life but great for the movies! Here, a look at the Little Woman as Sexy Schemer. Jack Nicholson, William Hurt, Tommy Lee Jones, Fred MacMurray around to give the girls a hand.

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Best Classic Film Noir Pics

These are just my current personal top ten of all possible best classic film noir choices to help you decide what to watch out for on Turner Classic Movies or rent online or at the videostore, or even buy for...

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The Black Dahlia: DVD Review

Black Dahlia is an incredibly, interminably slow moving, plotless wonder. It is essentially about two men who are both prize fighters and policemen who are pitted against each other in the ring as a...

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A history of Jarmusch in Independent Film

"I think of poets as outlaw visionaries in a way." Jarmusch: A herald of independent cinema When I think of the word independence, my memory is immediately plagued by a scene wherein I am evacuating...

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