In-Class Viewings - PEL, Fall 1 - 2014

Here are theatrical posters for the seven films we will be watching in class.

"The Maltese Falcon" (French poster)

"Out of the Past" (insert poster)

"Gun Crazy" (three sheet poster)

 

"Sunset Boulevard" (Polish poster)

"Touch of Evil" (Belgian poster)

"Chinatown" (Japanese poster)

"Blue Velvet" (one sheet poster)

Kiss Me Deadly - on set photos

Here is a link to some cool on-the-set photos from "Kiss Me Deadly" showing director Robert Aldrich and the actors among others.  Enjoy.

http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1894-making-kiss-me-deadly

The Film Noir Fan: Nightmare Alley

The Film Noir Fan: Nightmare Alley: I thought this movie had a great story line. I think the ending that Mr. Tom stated in class would have been a better one for the m...

Sometimes a person is on top of the world with everything
going for them and then a moment later they drop like a waterfall. The rock
sinks to the bottom. Just like Stanton “Stan” Carlisle.

Nightmare Alley

I thought this movie had a great story line. I think the ending that Mr. Tom stated in class would have been a better one for the movie. The part when the psychiartrist said that he had been hallucinating and there was no money was a long shot for me. I did not think that he would have believed the psychiartrist so easily, especially when his wife was waiting for him in the train station and she could have confirmed the truth to him.

When You're Slapped, You'll Take It & Like It - The Maltese Falcon (3/10...

The Hays Code (1930)

Here is a link to the text of the Production Code of 1930.  It was fully instituted in 1934 and filmmakers spent much energy trying to get around it until the 1960s when it finally died a slow death.  The system imposed by the industry after that was the one we have today; the MPAA with its G, PG, R and NC-17 ratings.  Enjoy.

http://www.artsreformation.com/a001/hays-code.html

2 Val Lewton Classics

Here are some stills from the two movies we are going to watch during the next class session.  Both are from producer Val Lewton: ""The Leopard Man" (dir. Jacques Tourner) and "The Seventh Victim" (dir. Mark Robeson).  As you can see they are films filled with anxiety, dread, isolation and darkness; all elements of Film Noir.