Fragments of Noir: Brief Encounter

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Saturday, 15 November 2014

Mosaic Noir #40

The Big Sleep

Goodfellas

Asphalt Jungle

Vertigo

Brief Encounter

Le Samourai

Thursday, 9 January 2014

The World is Not My Home, I'm Just Passing Through

Brief Encounter

The Hustler

Human Desire

Ace in the Hole

Talented Mr Ripley

title reblogged from NoirbyNight

Monday, 18 November 2013

Mosaic Noir #17

Elevator to the Gallows

Taxi Driver

Narrow Margin

Headless Woman

Night and the City

Killing of a Chinese Bookie

Brief Encounter

Plein Soleil

Crooked Way

Thursday, 1 August 2013

Mosaic Noir #3

Sweet Smell of Success

Godfather II

Postman Always Rings Twice

Brighton Rock

Armee Des Ombres

Rififi

Drive

Sunset Boulevard

Millers Crossing

Brief Encounter

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Sunday, 25 March 2012

Although Wong Kar Wai's 2000 In the Mood for Love shot by Christopher Doyle and David Lean's 1945 Brief Encounter by Robert Krasker cannot be described at straight Films Noir the dark visual style and trust/betrayal theme give them both a direct link.

In each case the soundtrack backs up the power of the film. Nat King Cole vocals in Spanish amidst cramped apartment spaces and Rachmaninoff's classical pieces in a bleak, almost empty train station add brilliant touches.

Thursday, 8 December 2011

Deep Blue Sea

For anyone who appreciates the post-war atmosphere of Brief Encounter, End of the Affair and Dance with a Stranger this new release which has no thriller element at all and contains what can only partially be described as a femme fatale, certainly captures the look of Britain in that era.