Actor: Arthur Franz, Adolphe Menjou, Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Guy Madison Director: Irving Lerner, Phil Karlson Genre:Drama Year: N/A Studio:Sony Pictures Length: 428 Released:November 3, 2009 Rating:Unrated (Video) Format: DVD Misc:Black & White Language: English Subtitles : English
DESCRIPTION:
In the 1940s, a new genre - film noir - emerged from the world of "hard - boiled"pulp magazines, paperback thrillers and sensational crime movies. These films - tough and unsentimental - depicted a black-and-white universe at once brutal, erotic and morally ambiguous. Now, Sony Pictures and The Film Foundation have brought five noir classics together in one collection, all restored and remastered, and featuring brilliant performances by Glenn Ford, Lee Marvin, Kim Novak, Eli Wallach and Gloria Grahame, the genre-defining cinematography of Burnett Guffey, Hal Mohr and Lucien Ballard, and focused, taut direction by celebrated directors including Fritz Lang, Don Siegel and Phil Karlson.
Special Features
Michael Mann on The Big Heat Martin Scorsese on The Big Heat Martin Scorsese on Murder by Contract The Influence of Noir with Christopher Nolan Martin Scorsese on The Sniper Commentary with Critic Eddie Muller Commentary with Critic Eddie Muller and Author James Ellroy
Actor: Arthur Franz, Adolphe Menjou, Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Guy Madison Director: Irving Lerner, Phil Karlson Genre:Drama Year: N/A Studio:Sony Pictures Length: 428 Released:November 3, 2009 Rating:Unrated (Video) Format: DVD Misc:Black & White Language: English Subtitles : English
DESCRIPTION:
In the 1940s, a new genre - film noir - emerged from the world of "hard - boiled"pulp magazines, paperback thrillers and sensational crime movies. These films - tough and unsentimental - depicted a black-and-white universe at once brutal, erotic and morally ambiguous. Now, Sony Pictures and The Film Foundation have brought five noir classics together in one collection, all restored and remastered, and featuring brilliant performances by Glenn Ford, Lee Marvin, Kim Novak, Eli Wallach and Gloria Grahame, the genre-defining cinematography of Burnett Guffey, Hal Mohr and Lucien Ballard, and focused, taut direction by celebrated directors including Fritz Lang, Don Siegel and Phil Karlson.
Special Features
Michael Mann on The Big Heat Martin Scorsese on The Big Heat Martin Scorsese on Murder by Contract The Influence of Noir with Christopher Nolan Martin Scorsese on The Sniper Commentary with Critic Eddie Muller Commentary with Critic Eddie Muller and Author James Ellroy
