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

[sovay]

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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[sovay]

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!

[sovay]

ETA: I was right!

WHY IS THIS MOVIE NOT MORE FAMOUS.

[theseatheseatheopensea]

XD I know, right??