I have the Swimming Pool DVD, but I haven't gotten around to watching it. Since it's getting a thumbs up here, I'll have to work it into my movie watching rotation. John
________________________________ From: Phil Edwards <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, June 11, 2010 12:43:31 AM Subject: [MOPO] SWIMMING POOL is worth seeing, and not just for Charlotte's outstanding nudidity! ----- Original Message ----- >From: steve olson >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 1:57 PM >Subject: [MOPO] > > >Point Blank has some great posters for a newer noir also. As for Rampling, she >looks great naked at the end of 2003 movie Swimming Pool at age 57. > >From:MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Evans >Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 1:09 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [MOPO] > >Talking of recent, the 1 sht for The Last Seduction is a good one for a fine >neo-noir. > > >On 10 Jun 2010, at 20:58, John Waldman wrote: > > > >Rich, >Actually, I was speaking of the one sheet for Farewell, My Lovely from 1975. >With Robert Mitchum, and one of my favorite actresses, Charlotte Rampling. I >like the image on the poster of Mitchum looking out the window smoking, >looking rumpled and tough. Granted, a newer poster, but non the less, a >noiresque movie and poster. >A very affordable poster I might add. >John W > > ________________________________ >From: Richard Halegua Comic Art <[email protected]> >To: John Waldman <[email protected]>; [email protected] >Sent: Thu, June 10, 2010 3:10:37 PM >Subject: Re: [MOPO] > >John means Murder My Sweet, which happens to be my #1 poster collection (I >collect Raymond Chandler) > >however, while I love the movie and the poster is right in front of my desk >when I'm working so I see it everyday, it is far from a great Noir 1sheet and >I could think of many others which are better. However, in keeping with MMS, >the 3sheet on the title with a nightgown clad Claire Trevor with a smoking gun >in her hand is tops!! and the half sheets are better noir posters than the 1sh > >other mentions: >the Third Man 1s >Brute Force half sheet with Lancaster over prison >I Walk Alone halves >DOA - the halves >Gun Crazy (why isn't it on your list Steve) >Captive City >Kill or Be Killed > >after I get into my collection, I'll be able to list many others as I am very >heavy with Noir > > >At 12:00 PM 6/10/2010, John Waldman wrote: > > >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. > >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. 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