Itâs easy to think writing is mainly the transcription of ideas you already haveâthat is, until you try to write something worthwhile, and you find what you thought were saying transform into something far more interesting in the process. This skips that last step, and that is *not* an improvement.
A screenshot from Leave Her To Heaven. The man says to the woman, "You know, if you'd lived in Salem a hundred years ago, they'd have burned you."
holy mother of pick-up lines #noirvember
a few thoughts (w/ some spoilers) on the film boxd.it/bHmNYt
Lee Grant in her first role, where she doesnât even get a name and is just listed as âShoplifterâ, won Best Actress at Cannes and was nomâd for Supp Actress at the Oscars. comic relief in a drama and has maybe 10 minutes of screentime, her final scene is a hoot. memorable debut #noirvember
Detective Story (William Wyler; 1951) #noirvember
a fight for the soul of a policeman across a single day in a busy precinct. fun (and award-winning) ensemble around Kirk Douglas, though its stage origins are evident. wish all âOscar baitâ were this good
Kirk Douglas in a screenshot from Detective Story, directed by William Wyler. The dialogue goes, "I ought to fall on you like the sword of God."
dialogue writing in the classic noir age was something else #noirvember
yep yep, letâs talk then. like, I genuinely wouldnât mind watching the next part in this world even with all these problems I had
Act of Violence (Fred Zinnemann; 1949) #noirvember
classic man comes into town and causes havoc tale. post-war noir that takes a surgical knife to the facade of valour and glory that built reputations post WWII
without spoiling anything, it has the same problems I've had with most Phase 2 onwards MCU movies. but yea, watch and see
these 4
A few thoughts on Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra, a very frustrating film boxd.it/bEwZZh #DesiWatch
Cry of the City (Siodmak; 1948)
found its moralising slightly annoying, esp for a noir movie, generally more textured even if the Hays Code keeps things tight. Mature and Conti play a good cat-and-dog game. reminded me of Scorsese crime movies for obvious reasons #noirvember
Odds Against Tomorrow (Robert Wise; 1959) #noirvember
we finally get a Black person as the lead in a classic noir when the era of classic noir has almost ended. Harry Belafonte's coolness really is the perfect foil to Robert Ryan's edginess
Hindi films and songs referenced by the Mamdani campaign and victory speech at some point.
1) "We made the impossible possible"
youtu.be/YYRWKBIc88w?...
"oh this is gonna end up so badly for everyone involved" - me everytime I watch a classic noir #noirvember
A screenshot of my Letterboxd list, Classic Noir Rolling List for Noirvember, with my notes: A list containing films that can be considered as classic-era noir as LB doesn't have a genre tag for noir. I've not watched all these films, so I can't necessarily speak to their quality, but mostly if I've added an unwatched film here, it's because I've seen LB mutuals collectively rate it 3 and above. There are a few pre-1940 and a few post-1959 that seem to fit the noir mould, so I've left them in. Contains a few films from other countries too (India, Argentina, France, UK, Japan, among others)
made a @letterboxd.social list for noir movies from the classic era. it has 142 films for the timebeing. do suggest if I'm missing out on any good ones #noirvember boxd.it/jBTX4
honestly, I wouldnât think it possible that Hitchcock would name the killer in one of his movies Keller. that feels too on the nose even for Hitchcock (Iâm watching I ConfessâŠ) #noirvember
In A Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray; 1950) #noirvember
I'd liked this on a first watch but Bogart's character was so hateful that it kept me at a distance. this time around, I'm fully turned. between this and Sunset Boulevard, screenwriters in 1950 were really going through it huh
A screenshot from In A Lonely Place. The actress says, âIt must be wonderful to be a writer.â
A screenshot from In A Lonely Place. The writer replies sarcastically, âThrilling.â
yes, Bogart, I get you #noirvember
finally began #noirvember (yes, yes, ik it's only the second day of the month), that too on a bangin' note
The Naked City (Jules Dassin; 1948)
A screenshot of my Letterboxd profile, MrNarci. It shows the Favorites section, which has Kiss Me Deadly, The Big Combo, Laura, and The Set-Up.
itâs #Noirvember time, yâall. new @letterboxd.social favourites
second last movie of #Spooktober
People hating on and trying to abolish wfh also seem to think its just "lazy" people who work from home who started during COVID. But the reality is that its revolutionary for sick/disabled employees, people who commute long distances, caregivers and parents.
But all employers care about is control
enjoyed the first Nightmare movie so much that I decided to go back for Craven's only other installment in the series #Spooktober
onto the Raimi #Spooktober
I've written 4 short stories so far. just one published. 3 of the 4 deal with housing/houses/homes. 2 of those 3, including the published one, are about the hazards of living on rent đđ
2 things I love about this almost-5k word short story:
1. it's not dialogue heavy, which is generally how my writing goes. even my published one is heavy on dialogue. feels like a little progress on the writing front
2. first story I've written in first-person
classics for a reason
