of the ones I've seen (12 I think), it's between Fury, Scarlet Street and The Big Heat.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 21 November 2008 14:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Definitely The Big Heat, but The Blue Gardenia is good too and is gonna get zero votes unless I vote for it.
― Ruudside Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 21 November 2008 14:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Lee Marvin en route to yr house w/ coffee pot
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 21 November 2008 14:20 (fifteen years ago) link
that pic of Fritz above makes him look like William F. Buckley, Jr.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 21 November 2008 14:23 (fifteen years ago) link
anyone ever see American Guerrilla in the Philippines? that's the only one on the list that i have no interest in.
― velko, Friday, 21 November 2008 22:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Blue Gardenia was lots of fun--Peter Lorre as evil nightclub owner in preposterously-huge-stairwelled nightclub.
― James Morrison, Saturday, 22 November 2008 00:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 27 November 2008 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 28 November 2008 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
And they said the youth of today wouldn't turn out the vote.
― Ruudside Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 November 2008 04:33 (fifteen years ago) link
that's a decent ranking (tho Fury is upper-echelon)
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 28 November 2008 04:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I WAS thinking of 'Black Angel'. Damn. I know I've seen 'Gardenia' - [check IMDB to remind self] - ah, the Anne Baxter passes out, wakes up to a murdered man one. Yeah, that was quite good. My memory, obviously, is not.
― James Morrison, Friday, 28 November 2008 12:23 (fifteen years ago) link
For UK ILXers, Sky Arts 2 are kicking off a Lang season on Thursday, starting with Metropolis and an hour-long conversation with William Friedkin from the 70s. Hoping they mix up the German classics with the Hollywood work.
― Dorian (Dorianlynskey), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 17:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Sylvia Sidney is seriously sexy in 'You Only live Once'
― When two tribes go to war, he always gets picked last (James Morrison), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 23:57 (fourteen years ago) link
is that Friedkin interview on a Criterion disc?
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 September 2009 12:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Human Desire released yesterday; got a copy at home.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 July 2010 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Film Forum will show his American films for the next two weeks.
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 23 January 2011 12:49 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/the-other-fritz-lang-20110127
I am pissed that I have to miss Moonfleet.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 29 January 2011 02:08 (thirteen years ago) link
posters
http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/2864
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 04:31 (thirteen years ago) link
I caught Scarlet Street / Woman in the Window the other weekend at the Film Forum. Great stuff, I can see why Scarlet Street topped this poll!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 04:56 (thirteen years ago) link
and it's not as great as the film it's a remake of!
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 06:49 (thirteen years ago) link
http://amichelsimon.free.fr/images/ovale.jpg
― Borad Brains (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Woman on the Window >>> Scarlet Street
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Gosh, Stanwyck and Ryan in Clash By Night put Method actors to shame.
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 13 February 2011 21:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Just got done w/While The City Sleeps--freaking awesome.
― Mucho! Macho! Honcho! (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 03:31 (twelve years ago) link
Haha! Actually just watched "Fury" again. Was he the best at capturing the "look" of the underworld/criminals? Especially in his 30s flicks. Great movie.
― Vendo Caramelos A Veces Sin Dinero (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 05:38 (twelve years ago) link
Rancho Notorious...goddamn.
― Lady Writer, Male Seether (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 6 January 2012 03:57 (twelve years ago) link
Got a copy of Ministry of Fear, given the Criterion treatment.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 July 2013 02:09 (ten years ago) link
Saw the three featuring Joan Bennett recently, Man Hunt, The Woman in the Window, and Scarlet Street.
In Man Hunt it confused me why Walter Pidgeon as the British "Captain Alan Thorndike" did not have the appropriate accent - I was kind of expecting that to come up later as a plot point, but no, it was just that Pidgeon didn't bother with an accent. But then Joan Bennett did attempt a cockney accent...............
Watching Dan Duryea in the other two films led me to think Jon Lovitz modeled his pathological liar character "Tommy Flanagan" from SNL on Duryea's chiseler characters here. Same voice/inflection.
I thought it was a goof that Edward G. Robinson does a double take when he sees Duryea as a doorman at the end of Woman in the Window but imdb says it's "incorrectly regarded as a goof." I say the point's arguable.
Always love when Greenwich Village is portrayed in old films such as Scarlet Street as being full of painters and subterranean Italian restaurants. Were that it were like that today.
Ranking:
The Woman in the Window > Scarlet Street > Man Hunt
― Josefa, Thursday, 11 July 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
man, Scarlett Street is SO much better than Woman in the Window... twist ending is promising but given up too soon I think!
EGR just going monkeymode on Joan Bennett with the icepick in Scarlett Street is some of the most brutal and violent shit I've seen in any classic Hollywood film
― flappy bird, Sunday, 29 November 2020 06:21 (three years ago) link
I like SS but WITW is more realized. I haven't seen either in years, though.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 29 November 2020 14:47 (three years ago) link