Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 1 (The Asphalt Jungle / Gun Crazy / Murder My Sweet / Out of the Past / The Set-Up)
by Edward Dmytryk, Jacques Tourneur, John Huston, Joseph H. Lewis, Robert Wise
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Actor: Audrey Totter, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Robert RyanDirector: Edward Dmytryk, Jacques Tourneur, John Huston, Joseph H. Lewis, Robert Wise
Brand: WHITMORE,JAMES
Writer: Art Cohn
Writer: Ben Maddow
Writer: Dalton Trumbo
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Box set, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 463 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-07-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- Asphalt Jungle (1950)- You have a lot of time to think when you're locked away seven years. So criminal mastermind Doc conceives what he believes is the perfect heist. John Huston explores the feverish grab for the big score and how it unravels in The Asphalt Jungle, a renowned tale of dishonor among thieves whose cast includes.Gun Crazy (1949) - When gun fancier Bart Tare sees Annie Laurie Starr'
Movie Reviews of Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 1 (The Asphalt Jungle / Gun Crazy / Murder My Sweet / Out of the Past / The Set-Up)
Movie Review: A glimpse into the abyss
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a most excellent collection. Every film is well made, thought provoking, and a fascinating time travel trip to another era. I saved watching the lesser known "The Set Up" for last thinking it was just a filler to this collection. Whoa boy, was I wrong. Robert Ryan I'v always liked as an actor. But when the beginning credits were rolling by and I saw directed by Robert Wise my enthusiam perked up. Within a few minutes there was total surrender to a very well crafted intriguing story. Many characters are introduced, some in very short segments, but you feel you know them, who they are, what their purpose is. Not a shot goes by without characterization, story, sense of place, time-line, relationships being addressed. It is a spellbinding immersion. Film noir is noted for it's more realistic earthy/dark portrayal of life. It was a revolution of film artists agaisnt hollywood cotton candy dreams. The stories/approach are from the gut. Film afficionados will love this collection. Young film students will benefit from exposure to well written stories, film crafting artistry with a moderate budget, and an approach where talent does not need special effects.
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Summary of Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 1 (The Asphalt Jungle / Gun Crazy / Murder My Sweet / Out of the Past / The Set-Up)
A collection of classic film noir.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 6-JUL-2004
Media Type: DVD
Some boxed sets claim to be definitive, but are haphazardly selected. Not this one. Four of the five titles here can legitimately lay claim to being essentials in the film noir canon, and the fifth, The Set-Up, is a terrific boxing picture with a strong noir atmosphere. If you're a fan of noir--or have no idea what it's all about--this collection is a treat.
Of course, none of these movies were made as "film noir." The term was coined later by French critics to describe the moody, anxious feel of postwar American movies, especially the genre that highlighted duplicitous dames and susceptible men lost in the criminal jungle. Indeed, the title The Asphalt Jungle conveys the edgy urban arena of these pictures. That film is John Huston's masterly 1950 account of a heist, with Sterling Hayden the disenchanted, noirish hero. Joseph H. Lewis's Gun Crazy (1949) is one of the most supercharged (and sexually perverse) of noir films, with John Dall and Peggy Cummins as young criminals in love. Murder, My Sweet (1944) is a straight adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel Farewell, My Lovely. Amid the film's shadowy chiaroscuro, former musical comedy star Dick Powell makes a career-changing transition as Chandler's private dick, Philip Marlowe. Out of the Past puts Robert Mitchum (perhaps the quintessential noir actor) in trouble with gangster Kirk Douglas, complicated by classic femme fatale Jane Greer. Jacques Tourneur provides the evocative direction. And The Set-Up plays out an ingenious boxing tale in "real time," superbly enacted by (former boxer) Robert Ryan. --Robert Horton
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