Watch the drunks and the lovers appear to take turns as the stars of the Sovereign Light Café

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theseatheseatheopensea invited me to make one, so here is a list of a hundred films noirs. It is non-completist. It is non-proscriptive. I had intended it to start with proto-noir and end with neo-noir, but it turned out I had far more than a hundred noirs of the classically defined period to winnow down from and any number of solid citizens and weird little ornaments had already been left by the side of the meme. Like all of the other lists, it will be different tomorrow. Anything on this one that I haven't written about, rest assured that I want to. I would, however, need to sleep more than an hour, which is how the last couple of nights have been going.

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[theseatheseatheopensea]

I have not! But it's got Eli Wallach and Robert Keith, so I don't know why not.

They are both absolutely amazing in it!! The whole thing is incredible. And deranged. And queer. It starts slowly and then it's just a wild, breathless ride, the kind of thing that Siegel does so well. And Eli Wallach's character is an unforgettable villain (in many ways, he's like Tommy Udo, and I hope it's not too spoiler-ish to say that this would make a really nice double bill with "Kiss Of Death") "There's never been a guy like Dancer," is what Roberth Keith's character says about him, and he's *really* not kidding. Also did I mention their toxic queer dynamic? I mean, they write down their victims' last words in a book... which is a nice and romantic gesture if you're in a late noir! But honestly we've all been talking so much about lists these past few days, that it's very fitting!

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The whole thing is incredible. And deranged. And queer.

Yeah, look, sold.

I mean, they write down their victims' last words in a book... which is a nice and romantic gesture if you're in a late noir! But honestly we've all been talking so much about lists these past few days, that it's very fitting!

Hee! It looks to be on YouTube which simplifies my life.

[theseatheseatheopensea]

Yeah, look, sold.

I thought so! ;D (By the way, I really hope I'm not misremembering that there's an almost campy scene, set in the sauna of a very suggestively named club...)

ETA: I was right!

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ETA: I was right!

WHY IS THIS MOVIE NOT MORE FAMOUS.

[theseatheseatheopensea]

XD I know, right??