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Originally Posted by Kyle  all this talk of film noir has got me interested, what would be a good starting point? don't think i have seen any yet! |
Out of the ones I've seen, my favourite noir is probably
Kiss Me Deadly, although as a starting point the Criterion Blu is pricey (DVDs are readily available, however!). It's also quite uncoventional for a noir.
The Asphalt Jungle,
Double Indemnity,
The Maltese Falcon, and
The Third Man are also excellent and fairly easy to pick-up.
The most main-stream (and widely available noir) is probably
Chinatown (I'm guessing you've probably seen this one, though?): An excellent film, although the noir 'golden age' was definitely in the 1940s and 1950s, imo.