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Cane was very...Godfather. They are not mobsters but they certainly know how to...protect the family.
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Saw Key Largo with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. eh. Atleast Lauren was looking beautiful.
Saw Mambo Kings as well this weekend. It was pretty good. Maybe the best acting job I've seen Antonio Banderas do. The movie is based on a pulitzer prize winning novel. I am guessing the book is better. It wasn't bad. I was hoping for more. It tells the story of two cuban brothers who move to NYC in the 1950s (golden age of big bands & mambo, etc). They have good times and bad times. Great soundtrack though.
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Jorg, for the best of the Bogey/Becall movies, I reccomend "The Big Sleep". Bogey is my favorite actor of all time, and I love Becall too (absolutely stunning).
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Cobalt, cool. I'm a fan of film noir especially the Maltest Falcon. Though I admit...I haven't seen many noir films. I've heard The Big Sleep is good and will check it out. thanks.
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Tonight on CBS at 10pm I believe...CANE! Try to check it out! It's not great but it's pretty good.
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I'd agree with The Big Sleep as the best of Bogey/Bacall movies (despite the byzantine plot). I actually like Key Largo quite a bit, except for the whole boat scene at the end (which feels way too "Hollywood"). But Lionel Barrymore facing off with Edward G. Robinson is pretty awesome.
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On a related note, I watched Murder, My Sweet the other day. It's an adaptation of Chandler's Farewell My Lovely, only with a much less convincing Phillip Marlowe than Bogey is in The Big Sleep.
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I kind of like Key Largo too, though I have to agree that there are some parts that you have to take with a grain of salt. You're right on Eryk about Lionel Barrymore vs. Edward G. Robinson. Barrymore's performance ages like fine wine for me, as I've gotten older.
The Big Sleep is probably my favorite noir movie of all time besides the Maltese Falcon. Bogey's performance and the dialogue itself are worth watching and rewatching over and over again. Its not as tight or perfect as the Maltese Falcon but its one of those great Bogey films where you find yourself kind of acting like him during the rest of the night afterwards.
I first became obssessed with Bogey and film noir when I was about 12 years old after Casablanca changed everything about the way I watch movies and then my Mom rented me the Maltese Falcon. I've never seen Murder, My Sweet however...I may have to soon...
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I became a fan of film noir when I saw the Maltese Falcon about 10 years ago. I saw Casablanca recently (3 years ago?) and was impressed. Always thought it was a chick flick.
Anybody read the detective stories with Sam Spade or Phillip Marlowe?
I also saw The Third Man recently. I thought it was pretty good. Is that considered noir? I do atleast.
Have you guys seen Kiss Me Deadly? (Mike Hammer)
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I've heard really good things about The Third Man, but I've never actually watched it. Casablanca is pretty close to the top of my favorite movies ever.
I've come close several times to binge reading Chandler and Hammett's books, but haven't taken the plunge.
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I watched the movie version of A Picture of Dorian Gray (with Donna Reed)yesterday!
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