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  1. poetman

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Incredible heist film
  2. poetman

    Moving Picture Interior Decor

    One of the things I enjoy about vintage films (Maltese Falcon) or modern period pieces (The End of the Affair) is the interior design. Which vintage, or modern, films have some of the most inspiring Golden Era decor for others?
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    Bookish Noirs/Moving Pictures

    Found this recommendation online Hollywood released the 1930s trilogy to please fans of the Myrna Loy and William Powell-led Thin Man series, as the wait time in between each film was deemed too long. Based on Marco Page's novel by the same name, Fast Company follows rare-book dealers, Joel and...
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    Bookish Noirs/Moving Pictures

    I am looking for some recommendations for noirs or new-noirs that have a bookish/literary vibe to them: films related to bookstores/libraries, authors, etc. --like a prolonged version of Bogie's Big Sleep scene in the used bookstore or Morgan Freeman's library scene in SEVEN (though not a noir)...
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    Literature that transports you to the Golden Era

    I have been thinking a lot lately about the more basic, daily aspects of Golden Era living that are gone: daily print newspapers, etiquette and manners, a sense of occasion when dressing, letter writing, train travel, analog living, etc. Can any of you recommend texts--essays, memoirs, novels...
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    Art that Focuses on the Heat

    Thank you for these replies, everyone. Has anyone come across images—even stills from films—that depict the effects of summer heat on people indoors?
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    Art that Focuses on the Heat

    I am wondering if others here have come across images (or even the right books or films) that depict stifling summer heat--especially indoors: something like the hardboiled detective with up-rolled sleeves at his desk with windows open and fan running; the couple languidly laying there, trying...
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    Bachelor Living in the Golden Era

    I am looking for recommendations on books that detail the day-to-day life of single, bachelor men in the 40s (or nearby). I am particualry interested in their domestic space/life. Where they ate (diners, maids, cooked themselves?); if they did their own laundry; how they entertained themselves...
  10. poetman

    Restoring an Eagle Gooseneck Lamp

    Title says it all. I have a vintage Eagle gooseneck lamp with some rust on the bottom and the shade without any discernible color. Does anyone know where I can find images of Eagle lamp ads, so I can see what color options were available? I would like to restore it, and I can't imagine it would...
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    Film Noir...in Color?

    This is always the case with intellectual approaches to art. I think you're point about the literary/genre origins of Noir are worth exploring. What qualities in detective/pulp fiction make these stories Noir quality for you all? Or, more generally, what are Noir characteristics you look for in...
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    Film Noir...in Color?

    I agree with you whole-heartedly, but something within me fundamentally protests to the notion that something as superficial as the amount of color in a film can have such a determining influence on the overall qualities of the film. I wonder if we retroactively attribute the qualities you...
  14. poetman

    Noirish Radio

    Any suggestions for old noir style radio programs?
  15. poetman

    Noir music

    Harlem Nocturne
  16. poetman

    Film Noir...in Color?

    It's interesting because the technology to manufacture color posters and films was available at the time. A cursory search online yields the following: "The first Hollywood film using the 3-color process was made in 1935; five more were made in 1936, and twenty in 1937." Why, then, weren't noirs...
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    Film Noir...in Color?

    When you move away from the plot details and consider the quintessential noir criterion: high contrast lighting, it seems like you drastically reduce the noir elements of a film if you placed it in color. Certainly you would still have the noir plot, but I can't imagine any of these great films...
  19. poetman

    The Pulp Magazines Project

    This is great--Thank You!!
  20. poetman

    Film Noir Office

    I really like Vettriano--such a Noir artist-- and Bellows as well! Not sure that I can pin down two, but I would start with Delphin Enjolras then Peter Paul Rubens, Poussin, and Manet close behind. I tend to enjoy themes in art more than the complete oeuvre of any particular artist (Hopper and...
  21. poetman

    Briefcase Style

    Yes, absolutely. A briefcase always beats a plastic bag.
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    Film Noir Office

    Here's what we're after: Hopper is certainly one of my top three favorites painters of the period--probably the number 1 in fact. I just learned of a commissioned, serialized novella based on this painting, which you can read here: http://www.walkerart.org/office-at-night-a-novella but I...
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    Briefcase Style

    Does it appear/feel like you're carrying a suitcase when it's full?

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