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What Happens to Love in Jacques Dmys The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Young Girls of RochefortBy Scott Tobias

By Yasmina Tawil

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Our life is a romance, a melody composed by chance.

So sings one of the carnies who blow through town in Jacques Dmys The Young Girls of Rochefort, putting the directors thesis statement to music. Played by George Chakiris and Grover Dale, theyre the happiest characters in the film because theyre the only ones who dont imagine a destiny greater than the next stop on the tour. For them, Rochefort is...

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By Yasmina Tawil

What Happens to Love in Jacques Démy’s “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” and “The Young Girls of Rochefort” By Scott Tobias

By Yasmina Tawil

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“Our life is a romance, a melody composed by chance.”

So sings one of the carnies who blow through town in Jacques Démy’s The Young Girls of Rochefort, putting the director’s thesis statement to music. Played by George Chakiris and Grover Dale, they’re the happiest characters in the film because they’re the only ones who don’t imagine a destiny greater than the next stop on the tour. For them,...

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Every Man Is an Island: Perspective and Noir in "Night Moves" by Daniel Carlson

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It was a time for a certain kind of consciousness, which Im calling American: a recognition that the world is more complex than what it was believed to be and that there are things that just cannot be solved. Alan Sharp

In 1973, nothing was the way it was supposed to be. The postwar boom had given way to civil strife; wars military, cultural, familial no longer had clear sides or winners. It was...

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By Yasmina Tawil

Every Man Is an Island: Perspective and Noir in "Night Moves" by Daniel Carlson

By Yasmina Tawil

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“It was a time for a certain kind of consciousness, which I’m calling American: a recognition that the world is more complex than what it was believed to be and that there are things that just cannot be solved.” — Alan Sharp

In 1973, nothing was the way it was supposed to be. The postwar boom had given way to civil strife; wars — military, cultural, familial — no longer had clear sides or winners....

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Hell Noir: The Detective Fiction Horror of Alan Parkers Angel Heart by Chris Evangelista

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Harry Angel is looking for himself; he just doesnt know it. Angel, a private detective, tries to crack a blood-soaked case in Angel Heart, Alan Parkers deft blending of mystery and horror. When it comes to crafting a detective story, Raymond Chandler, arguably the most well-known and well-versed scribbler of the pulp detective genre, created a series of commandments in the early 20th century that...

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Hell Noir: The Detective Fiction Horror of Alan Parker’s “Angel Heart” by Chris Evangelista

By Yasmina Tawil

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Harry Angel is looking for himself; he just doesn’t know it. Angel, a private detective, tries to crack a blood-soaked case in Angel Heart, Alan Parker’s deft blending of mystery and horror. When it comes to crafting a detective story, Raymond Chandler, arguably the most well-known and well-versed scribbler of the pulp detective genre, created a series of “commandments” in the early 20th century...

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Hoss Is Boss: The Enigma of Christian Petzolds Museby Scott Tobias

By Yasmina Tawil

Christian Petzolds Phoenixbuilds to one of the greatest endings in movie history, which is especially remarkable given the movie its riffing onAlfred Hitchcocks Vertigohas a strong claim to that shortlist, too. The key word here is builds, because the emotion that surfaces so powerfully in those final moments is sublimated in all the scenes that precede it, which are clouded in mysteries of love,...

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Hoss Is Boss: The Enigma of Christian Petzold’s Muse by Scott Tobias

By Yasmina Tawil

Christian Petzold’s Phoenix builds to one of the greatest endings in movie history, which is especially remarkable given the movie it’s riffing on—Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo—has a strong claim to that shortlist, too. The key word here is “builds,” because the emotion that surfaces so powerfully in those final moments is sublimated in all the scenes that precede it, which are clouded in mysteries...

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