Word: noire
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...eventually talking herself into her patient's tragic view. Bergman has never been more bleak, austere, enigmatic or hypnotic. Chinatown 1974; Roman Polanski Dewy-fresh 1930s Los Angeles becomes the ironic avatar of this darkly shadowed tale of multiple rapes - of the land, of a tragically misused woman. Film noir was a tired genre before writer Robert Towne and director Polanski made this, the best and most profound of the breed. Decalogue 1988; Krzysztof Kieslowski Kieslowski illustrates each of the Ten Commandments in an hour-long story. Originally made for Polish TV, those tales, whispering instead of thundering their morals...
...brutal. Not violent, but unexpected—and perfectly representative of the rest of John Boorman’s (“Deliverance”) 1967 noir “Point Blank,” now out on DVD for the first time...
...great modern noir. See it to understand the Beastie Boys’ many, many references to Lee Marvin. See it in hope of being the next Soderbergh...
...James Garner and James Caan, but Bogie did it best in Howard Hawks' 1946 version of a novel whose plot was so labyrinthine, even Chandler couldn't say who killed the chauffeur. There's also Bogie's Baby, Lauren Bacall, as the distressing damsel, and a trunkload of noir atmospherics...
Raisa was later asked by reporters whether she was disappointed that Nancy Reagan did not come. In a reply that seemed as portentous as a line from a 1930s film noir, she said, "Maybe she had her reasons--obligations, or maybe she is not well." But just maybe Nancy Reagan knew she would be competing for attention with T shirts and teacups. --By Richard Stengel. Reported by Christopher Ogden and Alessandra Stanley/Reykjav...