tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post4200342179077582193..comments2024-03-04T14:52:40.445+02:00Comments on pulpetti: Tuesday's Overlooked Film: Série noireUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-35294963039592152132011-10-26T11:15:40.201+03:002011-10-26T11:15:40.201+03:00Yeah, but that's not what I meant. Maybe my wr...Yeah, but that's not what I meant. Maybe my writing isn't as clear as it used to be, but what I meant was that these new films gave away the old noir clichés and brought the stories to new environments (Série noire takes place in contemporary France, in a nameless and a pretty desolate city somewhere, Coup de torchon (from Pop. 1280) takes place in Africa somewhere). Maybe the French adaptations are more free than the ones Hollywood did.<br /><br />But then again, there were no previous Jim Thompson films, except Peckinpah's and Burt Kennedy's films. I'm not sure if they represent old Hollywood at all. (I'm sure someone counts The Killing and The Paths of Glory as Jim Thompson films.)Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-10499452478205220542011-10-26T05:38:19.754+03:002011-10-26T05:38:19.754+03:00And, of course, when you use "New Wave" ...And, of course, when you use "New Wave" in this context, you invite confusion with the '60s CAHIERS DU CINEMA crowd and SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER, and all.<br /><br />Looks like it mostly got art-house distribution in the States, where the French title would've sufficed...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com