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...film is the relationship that develops between Hartnett's Bucky and an heiress named Madeleine Linscott (Hillary Swank). They meet in a lesbian bar (more L.A. decadence for you), but she turns out to be resolutely heterosexual, very rich and-need we say it?-that most conventional of film noir figures, the spider woman luring the besotted male close to doom and even closer to the solution of the labyrinthine, and, in this case, utterly risible, plot...
...whose morals everyone had suspected for decades. How closely this fictionalized portrait of a seamy, teeming Eden turned anti-Eden actually matched reality is a good question. But it sure made for good reading (and viewing). The "Black Dahlia" case actually derived its name from a pretty good film noir, starring Alan Ladd, that had been released the previous year...
...realized with a nice, casual authenticity. (Brody's private eye is a good example; he thinks if he can sensationally crack this case he could become the town's go-to gumshoe, the first guy called when scandal threatens a star.) We're not really in the land of noir here; we're in a much sadder, more ordinary place, a place where desperation does not lead to murder, but to more pathetic (but in a way more believable) ends and ironies...
...century and more than 80 films; in Los Angeles. The Canadian-born actor oozed decency and strength as the good guy in westerns, comedies and thrillers?including The Blackboard Jungle, as a teacher who inspires rebellious New York City kids, Pocketful of Miracles, with Bette Davis, and the noir classic The Big Heat, as a detective determined to track down his wife's killers. Of his genre-crossing career, he once said simply: "I like to work...
...parents who insisted he learn to build and fix houses as a fallback, Ford epitomized decency and strength as the good guy in westerns, comedies and thrillers--including The Blackboard Jungle, as a teacher who inspires rebellious New York City kids; Pocketful of Miracles, with Bette Davis; and the noir classic The Big Heat, as a detective determined to track down his wife's killers. Of his genre-crossing career, he once said simply, "I like to work...