It is good to have this list. I hope you'll continue writing about your faves in this genre.
I've only seen Out of the Past, and liked it well enough that I hope to see it again (I'm not including the films you cross-reference as being part of your main list, some of which I have also seen). But your enthusiasm and careful study certainly make me want to see more.
Your description of the "famous jazz scene in the middle" of Phantom Lady makes me think that a similarly wild-assed jazz nightclub scene in the middle of Kurosawa's superb noir Drunken Angel (1948) is in direct homage to the Siodmak. The jazz singer in Kurosawa belts out a song written especially for the film, with lyrics by Kurosawa! A perfect moment, totally over the top wonderful.
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Date: 2008-07-27 02:38 am (UTC)I've only seen Out of the Past, and liked it well enough that I hope to see it again (I'm not including the films you cross-reference as being part of your main list, some of which I have also seen). But your enthusiasm and careful study certainly make me want to see more.
Your description of the "famous jazz scene in the middle" of Phantom Lady makes me think that a similarly wild-assed jazz nightclub scene in the middle of Kurosawa's superb noir Drunken Angel (1948) is in direct homage to the Siodmak. The jazz singer in Kurosawa belts out a song written especially for the film, with lyrics by Kurosawa! A perfect moment, totally over the top wonderful.