Word: noire
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...exchange quality for value?" you may ask. At CVS/pharmacy, you can have both Quality Cambridge personal Daily Planners sell for only $19.99, and Liz Claiborne, Pierre Cardin, Drakkar Noir, Polo, Gucci and Anne Klein designer perfumes reside in an elegant glass display case near the register ("ring bell for assistance"). Russell Stover Candies have their own display as well; assorted chocolate boxes sell for a mere $5.75 CVS/pharmacy makes some quality imitations of quality products. Its version of Noxzema skin cream sells for $2.50 less than the original...
...film is creepy fun and deeply noir. In smart, cynical snarls, William Holden tears off the language of a hungry young writer who can't hold tight enough to his dreams. Joe Gillis' luck seems to be on the upswing when fate sends him straight into the "white elephant" palace of an aging silent film star. "You used to be big," he tells her, dimly remembering the name. "I am big," she replies, "It's the pictures that got small...
...piece, the troupe, clad all in red, dominates the stage. Garments have been stripped one by one as the dancing heightens to an unbelievable pinnacle. Mist fills the dark stage and creates a dramatic "film-noir" tone, while dancers enter, seemingly out of nowhere, to astonish the audience with their reckless and energetic moves. The dancing is definitely classical, but definitively Tharp. Her dancers hurtle then strut across the floor, playing delightfully with their own talent...
...film is equivalent to a "thumbs up" for violence. But that seems to be his argument. He further suggests that the deleteriousness of today's "cutting edge" films is advanced by the fact that "there are no 'good guys,' no right side to root for." This is called film noir, and it's nothing new. There doesn't have to be a "good guy" for a film to be good, and the posters on the walls of college dormitories to which Savage points just might be in appreciation of a good piece of art, not an endorsement of violence...
...Shallow Grave" has all of the familiar film noir devices in place. There's a corpse, a suitcase full of money and police on the prowl. But just when it seems ready to take the money and run into the depths of noir, director Danny Boyle's edgy "Shallow Grave" cops out. The film, which has been a national sensation in England, turns into a suspenseful blood-spattered illustration of an old idea: money and lies can corrupt friendships...