This Gun For Hire Farewell, My Lovely John
________________________________ From: Richard Evans <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, June 10, 2010 2:48:28 PM Subject: [MOPO] A few favourites: The Big Sleep French Grande The Lost Weekend French Grande (Bat Style) In A Lonely Place Argentinean 1 Sht Gun Crazy 3 sht And of course, Out of Past 1 sht On 10 Jun 2010, at 07:49, steve olson wrote: Hello, > >I don’t post much but after reading Dark City (thanks to whomever suggested >the book) I wanted an opinion of what noir posters MOPO’ers thought best >evoked the spirit of noir’s. No, not necessarily the most beautiful (e.g. This >Gun For Hire 1sh) nor the best images of the stars (e.g. Gilda) but the >posters that capture the fatalism, grim streets, desperation, duplicity, >temptation, and broken hopes which inhabit Dark City. > >Now to start the abused and discarded, deflated, never quite reaching the top >of the hill before rolling into oblivion noir ball rolling- > >1. Cry of the City (20th Century Fox, 1948). Half sheet or insert- best >image of noir photographic style? >2. The killing. half sheet- luridly colored corpses make for the meanest >of noir posters >3. Stranger on the Third Floor (RKO, 1940). One Sheet- 1st noir also has >the 1st great noir poster >4. D.O.A. 3 sheet (1 sheet and half are also great, w/ the half having a >toe tag around his body) >5. Nightmare alley. insert- meaner Powers face than the 1 sheet. >6. Night Has a Thousand Eyes (Paramount, 1948). One sheet- with all the >eyes >7. The Big Combo (Allied Artists, 1955). Half Sheet – fatalism, femme >fatale, dark streets >8. Mystery Street (MGM, 1950). One Sheet- great noir art for an >inexpensive poster >9. Kiss of death. 1 sheet- at least one great poster is in black and white >10. Raw Deal (Eagle Lion, 1948). One sheet- very raw >11. I Walk Alone (Paramount, 1948). One sheet- vivid >12. T-Men. One sheet- kitchen sink of noir posters >13. Killer’s Kiss. 1sheet- cold as you would expect from Kubrick and an ax >(Here’s Johnny!!) >14. The Devil Thumbs a Ride (RKO, 1947). 1 sheet- is Lawrence Tierney Ben >Affleck’s evil noir alter-ego? > > >I stuck to USA posters since noir’s are mostly an American phenomenon. >Otherwise the Italians(The Enforcer 2 folio, High Sierra (R-1949). 2 >Folio, Knock on Any Door (Columbia, 1949) 2 – Folio) might have had a few >well deserved entries. I also didn’t include tc/lc’s but would love feedback >as to some of the best. Two of my favorite are the lc of Night of the Hunter >w/ Mitchum close-up (love/ hate) and lc of The 3rd Man with Harry Lime >(Welles) looking like the trapped rat he was. > >All opinions will be treated civilly except the ones I don’t agree with. >Steve Olson > >Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >___________________________________________________________________ >How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
