Looking for PE Noir Recommendations
11-30-22, 09:13 AM
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Looking for PE Noir Recommendations
Was watching Family Guy reruns last night and the fairly recent b&w noir episode was on. I realized it’s a genre I enjoy but haven’t really explored. What are some good private eye noir stories I should check out? Posting in movies but feel free to suggest shows/series as well. LA Confidential has always been a favorite of mine, for example.
11-30-22, 10:28 AM
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Re: Looking for PE Noir Recommendations
The Big Sleep
Maltese Falcon
Kiss Me Deadly
Out of the Past
Murder, My Sweet
Laura
Chinatown
These are probably all really obvious ones. I tried to keep it to more detective-type movies. Not sure what all you've seen.
Maltese Falcon
Kiss Me Deadly
Out of the Past
Murder, My Sweet
Laura
Chinatown
These are probably all really obvious ones. I tried to keep it to more detective-type movies. Not sure what all you've seen.
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11-30-22, 06:02 PM
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Re: Looking for PE Noir Recommendations
A second for Lady of the Lake. It's the first FIRST PERSON SHOOTER and, bonus, a Christmas Movie. :P
11-30-22, 08:55 PM
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Re: Looking for PE Noir Recommendations
one might even say the 'eye' in private eye stands for the letter 'I' from private investigator. I wish I had realized that before searching IMDB for a half hour looking for noir movies about PE teachers. (A surprisingly robust adult movie sector BTW.)
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12-03-22, 07:30 AM
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Sorry OP, I do not know any Film Noir's that are set in a gym.
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12-03-22, 09:02 AM
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Even Brick, which is set in a high school, doesn't have any scenes in the gym.
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12-04-22, 10:25 AM
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Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
12-04-22, 11:08 AM
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In other news, I'll be going to PE Noir for dinner tonight. It's a chain, but still pretty good.
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12-04-22, 11:24 AM
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Re: Looking for PE Noir Recommendations
Years ago, I wondered why the James Garner film Marlowe wasn’t on DVD. I see it’s now available on digital, but I suspect it might not hold up.
12-04-22, 11:31 AM
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12-04-22, 01:57 PM
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I'd seen most of these and Out of the Past is the best of the bunch although I've always liked the 1938 Plymouth in The Big Sleep. I hadn't seen Brasher Doubloon and enjoyed it for odd reasons, it certainly wasn't for the acting. I saw Bunker Hill in the late 60s when it was being demolished so it's always nice to see it in its rotten prime. I worked in Pasadena in the 80s and partied in some of those mansions when they were rooming houses for Cal Tech students. And I had a girlfriend who didn't like to be touched. I gave it a month but it didn't work out as well as the movie.
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