Film Noir Tournament (1 Viewer)

[Rob Tomlin]

The Maltese Falcon (The Big Heat is very good, just not as good as Maltese Falcon).

 

[Justin Doring]

The Maltese Falcon

Chinatown

 

[Ric Bagoly]

abstain x2

 

[SteveGon]

The Maltese Falcon wins 5 - 2.
Chinatown wins 4 - 2.
Round 4 - Bracket 3
Double Indemnity vs. The Killers (1946)
Round 4 - Bracket 4
The Third Man vs. The Asphalt Jungle

 

[Jim_K]

Double Indemnity
The Third Man

 

[Tommy G]

Double Indemnity
The Third Man

 

[george kaplan]

Double Indemnity

The Third Man

 

[Gabe D]

The Third Man

 

[Bill J]

Double Indemnity
The Third Man

 

[Jeff_A]

Double Indemnity
The Third Man

 

[Lew Crippen]

The Third Man

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Abstain (but I am a huge fan of Double Indemnity, which should make it to the final four).

 

[Justin Doring]

Double Indemnity

The Third Man

 

[Walter Kittel]

Double Indemnity
I suppose I'll be the one dissenting vote in the second match up - The Asphalt Jungle.
There is no question that The Third Man is a great film, but for myself the associations with noir are somewhat tenuous. I tend to think of noir as a particularly American phenomenon and The Third Man does much to establish its European location; to the point of distancing the film, for me, from the associations I make with noir.
On the other hand, another off shore noir has no such effect. The location of Gilda ( Buenos Aires, Argentina ) is placed into the background to the point that it feels like a surrogate for any anonymous metropolis; and consequently I experience no such disconnection.
- Walter.

 

[Ric Bagoly]

abstain x2

 

[SteveGon]

Double Indemnity wins 7 - 0.
The Third Man wins 8 - 1.
The Final Four
Round 5 - Bracket 1
Chinatown vs. The Third Man
Round 5 - Bracket 2
Double Indemnity vs. The Maltese Falcon

 

[Gabe D]

Chinatown
The Maltese Falcon

 

[Walter Kittel]

abstain - ( Sorry; they really don't fit, for me. )
Double Indemnity
- Walter.

 

[george kaplan]

Chinatown (I agree that the Third Man doesn't really fit noir, but I think Chinatown does. I don't consider either color nor year made to be disqualifiers. Besides, I think Chinatown is the better film).

Double Indemnity (very painful vote)

 

[Brook K]

Chinatown
The Maltese Falcon

Both very tough, as it should be.