Re: [Mission_Impossible_1966] The Meaning of Neo Noir
And your point is that "Point Blank" and similar movies were part of the inspiration for Mission Impossible's final two seasons? That makes sense to me. Very good hypothesis. I look forward to seeing more of the arguments in your upcoming reviews.
John
--- On Sat, 7/4/09, bellerocorp <filigrane@...> wrote:
From: bellerocorp <filigrane@...> Subject: [Mission_Impossible_1966] The Meaning of Neo Noir To: Mission_Impossible_1966@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 11:58 AM
Hello fellow MISSIONists,
Let's deal with the concept of Neo-Noir. First of all, a definition given by Wikipedia at this adress: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_noir And the trailer of the first Neo-Noir film "Point Blank" done in Hollywood in 1967 by English director John Boorman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRj7sTZpf7M And another climatic clip to illustrate the cold crazyness of the hyper rationalistic underworld and the intrusion of an emotional man looking for his revenge and his loot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbMjw256CIk ***IMF Out***
And your point is that "Point Blank" and similar movies were part of the inspiration for Mission Impossible's final two seasons? That makes sense to me. ...
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Excellent trailers. Outstanding music.  John ... From: bellerocorp <filigrane@...> Subject: [Mission_Impossible_1966] Re: The Meaning of Neo Noir ...
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Thomas,  Have you watched the original 0SS 117 films from the sixties and seventies? I'm hooked on the brilliant spoof films with Jean Dujardin, but if the...
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