So far my noir class is going pretty well. The over-enrolled online class of 23 students, most of whom are around 20 or so, seem surprised at how much they are enjoying these old black and white films.
On the one hand, it was comforting to see that Hitchcock's Rebecca is high up on that person's list of noirs. As mentioned, I was planning on having that be my second movie for my new film noir class in the Fall, but that plan of putting Rebecca second has already been trashed, bc of the simple...
This person has an interesting list of their top 50 noirs....
https://justbearwithme.blog/2017/05/18/film-noir-a-personal-journey/
"Here, then, are my 50 favorite film noirs (classic-era films in bold, neo-noirs underlined; M stands alone):
[Ed. note: This is a revised list from January 2023...
I'm fortunate because I often get to teach film studies classes, and introduce mostly 18-22 year olds to various movies, most of which they don't know. I've done classes on Hitchcock, Spielberg, etc. For a few years I've considered doing a course on film noir, but wondered if it would get good...
There's a long list of film noir titles at wikipedia. Here's the introduction to the list....
"Film noir is not a clearly defined genre (see here for details on the characteristics). Therefore, the composition of this list may be controversial. To minimize dispute the films included here should...
Watching this one now, which has a good song done by Nat King Cole....
PS The end of this one was a direct influence on the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
I'm still working on my top 10, 20, or even 30 film noirs, but that's going to take a while. There are still many I haven't seen. For instance, today I saw for the first time the original The Postman Always Rings Twice, from 1946. I saw the remake in 1981 in a theater, and didn't care for it...
These are great lists. Thanks.
Two of my favorite people to watch movies with are my Mom and my daughter. They are both perceptive and feeling movie-goers, although with very different tastes, who have still not seen that many classic movies.
Anyway, in another thread, before this one existed...