on 10/19/2025, 3:02 pm
Eddie had a better gig than going cross-country to host NC DC (except, possibly, to sell more copies of DARK CITY DAMES...) and so here he is back in Morelia with a three-film "it happened all in one night" noir mini-fest. (No, the films weren't all shown in one night...the action in each film occurs "all in one night.")
The three films: DEADLINE AT DAWN (discussed in the squib...), 99 RIVER STREET, and THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS. For what it is, it's a perfectly fine, fun little troika.
Eddie is quoted as suggesting that film noir "matured" in the period after WWII; while a case can be made for that with respect to the films made in American, film noir actually first matured in the late 1930s in France, thanks in large part to the efforts of directors Marcel Carné (LE QUAI DES BRUMES, LE JOUR SE LEVE) and Pierre Chenal (L'ALIBI, LA MAISON DU MALTAIS, LE DERNIER TOURNANT). It's a worthy comparison (and corrective)--if only folks would take the bit in their teeth and run with it...
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