The Set Up
Hammett
Lady from Shanghai
Atlantic City
Double Indemnity
Vertigo
Fallen Angel
Kalifornia
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They Made Me a Fugitive
Body Heat
Dementia
Armee des Ombres
Raging Bull
Friends of Eddie Coyle
Peces Rojos
After Hours
Strangers on a Train
LA Confidential
Nice menton of Atlantic City, a classic and underappreciated noir. Burt Lancaster portrays an omnipresent protaganist one sees amongst the fast talkers and hangers reflecting on their imagined glory years. They brag of a past that inflates their accomplishments and associations and gives them a sense of pride that allows them to survive. In other words, they believe their own lies and seeing other people fall for their blandishments gives them the self-confidence to continue to pretend to be somebody as opposed to the noboby they are and never were.
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