As first posted in 2015 and last updated in 2017, this list is now even more extremely incomplete--but we can at least show a bit more of the movement over the past couple of years since it was last posted, in light of Eddie's re-incursion into this area...
Re: International Noirs...A List
Posted by Don Malcolm on 7/26/2015, 9:55 am,
in reply to "International Noirs...A List" (by Jefty)
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Quick coding to show how the acceleration around foreign noir this year is shaking out...a few new things to research here.
1. La Verite... --> FHANFI 1, 11/14, FHANFI/1 LA 6-15
2. Elevator to the Gallows * part of the CCFN ("current conception of French noir") frequently screened!
3. Pale Flower. * RARE NOIR 1 3/15, NC 18 1/20, NC International 11/20
4. Black Hair Korea '64. RARE NOIR 1 3/15, NC 18 1/20
5. The Wild, Wild Rose. RARE NOIR 1 3/15
6. The Scarlet Dove '61. Finland. ? RARE NOIR 1
7. Stolen Death. '38. Fin ?
8. Obsessions. '43. * well-known, screened most recently in NC International 11/20
9. Story of a Love Affair. IT '50 ? early Antonioni, Lucia Bosé as femme fatale NC 18 1/20
10. Man Bait. UK. '52. *
11. Bad Blonde. UK. '53. *
12. The Man from Cairo. '53 * three above: Brit-B noir with various expats
13 Stray Dog * well-known, screened most recently at NC 12
14. Dragnet Girl Japan. ? 30s Naruse, IIRC
15. Drunken Angel * well-known, screened most recently at NC 12
16. Dear Verlorere. Ger '51 (Peter Lorre) DVD available, not screened just yet
17. The Golden Plague Ger '54. ? German variation on RAZZIA SUR LA CHNOUF, directed by John Brahm
18. Death of a Cyclist. SP. ''56. well-known, screened most recently at NC 12
19. The Delinquents. SP. ? 50s French "JD noir"
20. The Black Crown. FR/SP '51. ?aka LA CORONA NEGRA, Maria Felix
21. Voci Le Temps Des Assasins FR '56. * -->FHANFI 1 11/14, FHANFI/LA 6/15
22. A Man Escaped. FR ? well-known, most recently at RARE NOIR 3/15
23. Underworld Beauty. JP '58. ? ---> RARE NOIR 3/15
24. Branded to Kill JP. '67. * Seijun Suzuki well-known, regularly screened
25. Don't Ever Open the Door. Arg '52. ? --> screened at NC 12 and other FNF venues
26. Rosaura at 10 O'Clock '58. ? Argentine thriller, should be followup for FNF
27. Dedee D Anvers. FR. * ---> FHANFI 1/SF 11/14, FHANFI 1/LA 6/15
28. Retour de Manvielle. FR '57. ? ---> RARE NOIR 3/15
29. La Bête Humaine. FR. * well-known poetic realism
30. Le Deuxieme Soufflé FR. * well-known Melville 1966
31. Bob Le Flambeur * well-known Meiville 1956, oddly NOT screened for awhile
32. Rififi * last screened at NC SF 15 "in heist we trust"
33. Brighton Rock * screened at NC 12
34. The October Man* John Mills, on DVD, yet to be screened as revival in USA
35. The Small Back Room * ---> CRITERION COLLECTION
36 Women of Twilight * Brit women-in-peril noir, DVD available
37. The Scavengers HK. '59. ? (Vince Edwards) US-produced noir set in Europe...
38 Le Corbeau. * screened at FHANFI 2 11/15
39. Les Diaboliques. * well-known, screened at NC SF 13, FHANFI/LA 2 10/16
40. Shoot the Piano Player. * part of CCFN, "New Wave" division
41. Blackout. aka Murder by Proxy. * see 33-36
42 Murderers Among Us. Ger. '46. ? --> screened at NC 12
43. Le Dernier Tournant FR. '39. ? (First filming of Postman Rings...) --->SCREENED FHANFI/SF 3, 11/16
44. Quai Des Ourfveres* part of CCFN, screened at NC 12, FHANFI/LA 9/19
45 Stranger on the Prowl. IT. (Muni) * ---> screened at UCLA 8/14
46 Le Doulos. * 1962 Melville, part of CCFN screened in NC International 11/20
47 A Colt is My Passport JP. * Nikkatsu noir box set along with 48, 49
48 Cruel Gun Story JP. * ---> SCREENED NC 15 1/17
49 I Am Waiting JP * ---> three above: part of Nikkatsu Noir box set
50. Underworld. '27. Silent Von Sternberg (the first noir?) in CRITERION von Sternberg set, more gangster than noir--first noir is LA NUIT DU CARREFOUR, screened FHANFI/SF 51/2 5/19
Of course there are tons more that have surfaced...will name only ones that Eddie has screened in the past few years (classic time period only and not adding any more Brit-noir here)
Melodie en sous-sol aka Any Number Can Win, Fr. '63 FHANFI 5/LA 9/19, FHANFI 6/SF, 11/19, NC SF 18 1/20
Panique, Fr. '46 Rialto traveled it to US arthouses 2018, FHANFI 5/LA 9/19, NC SF 18 1/20, NC International 11/20
Razzia sur la chnouf Fr. '55 FHANFI/LA 3 6/17, NC SF 18 1/20, NC International 11/20
The Housemaid Korea '60 RARE NOIR 2 5/17, NC SF 18 1/20, NC International 11/20
El vampiro negro Arg '53 NC 14 1/16, NC SF 18 1/20, NC International 11/20
The Devil Strikes At Night W. Ger '57 NC SF 18 1/20, NC International 11/20
Black Gravel W. Ger '61 NC SF 18 1/20, NC International 11/20
And the Fifth Horseman is Fear '65 Czech NC SF 18 1/20, NC International 11/20
90 Degrees in the Shade '65 Czech/UK NC SF 18 1/20
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