Chas
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One of the few Noir classics that was decently remade. Dennis Quaid, I think...
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D.O.A.
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Feraud
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I also have M, Beat the Devil, His Girl Friday, Green Glove, and The Amazing Mr. X on the Iphone.Widebrim said:
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Feraud said:
You're never alone, Feraud...
MillersXing
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remake
I remember DOA has a kid. If I remember it was Florescent paint that killed him. A few years later there was a florescent paint that you could buy and put on things in your house (toys and such), to make them glow. My big sister bought it and put it on everything and I was terrified! Always loved the opening where a guy goes into a police station and says: "I want to report a murder", and the cop says: "Who's"? and he says: "Mine".
The remake (Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid I think) was, as expected awful. What made DOA work, as did those kind of movies (like Panic In The Streets), was the Black and White quality. Fedora's and baggy suits, and everyone with a bottle of Rye on their dresser. Alas, all gone now, and it can't be remade.
I remember DOA has a kid. If I remember it was Florescent paint that killed him. A few years later there was a florescent paint that you could buy and put on things in your house (toys and such), to make them glow. My big sister bought it and put it on everything and I was terrified! Always loved the opening where a guy goes into a police station and says: "I want to report a murder", and the cop says: "Who's"? and he says: "Mine".
The remake (Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid I think) was, as expected awful. What made DOA work, as did those kind of movies (like Panic In The Streets), was the Black and White quality. Fedora's and baggy suits, and everyone with a bottle of Rye on their dresser. Alas, all gone now, and it can't be remade.
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MillersXing said:
True!lol
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D.O.A. can be downloaded from the movie section of archive.org along with some other film noir classics such as T-men,Detour and Scarlet Street. Apparently they have become public domain.
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Yeah, that is a great site. Many critics like D.O.A., but at least one has commented that he thinks O'Brien is too bug-eyed and over-dramatic at times. I've mentioned in another thread that the wolf whistles at the beginning are annoying and ridiculous. I also think that O'Brien's girlfriend's roll is cartoonishly-written; the way she fawns all over him, no wonder the guy wants to take a powder...Still, the film is one of my favorites, and I've got a good DVD copy of it.
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