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The Lamps of THE AMERICAN SOLDIER (d. Fassbinder, 1970) 💡

Being a noir completist has its (sometimes considerable) downsides

The Lamps of BREWSTER MCCLOUD (1970) 💡

Death Carries an Amazing Giant White Flip Phone (DEATH CARRIES A CANE, 1973) #GialloStyle

In defense of bad movies … or one bad movie, anyway … ❤️ boxd.it/b6fsIR

The Lamps of BREWSTER MCCLOUD (1970) 💡

Completing the Pakula/Willis “Paranoia Trilogy” 🙏

Meanwhile, I don't personally know anyone who gets value from stealth bombers, or from kidnapping and enslavement squads, or the demolition of regulations that protect us from the profit motive, but I know it isn't you or me or any of the rest of us.

Somewhere along the line the idea took hold that every part of public life needs to be efficient, an efficiency exclusively expressed in terms of whether or not it makes money. "Makes money for who, exactly?" is a question that is never asked.

The Lamps of ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (1976) (d. Pakula) 🧵 #NoirLamps

The Lamps (and Snack Crackers) of ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (1976) 💡

“Noir,” they said. “You like noir.” Perversely, I finished this movie solely so that I could then watch it with the @glennkenny.bsky.social and @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social commentary 👍🏼

The Lamps of AFTERGLOW (d. Alan Rudolph, 1997) At least I think that’s a lamp 🍌 💡

I adored this movie. A completely original, constantly surprising, and sometimes shockingly funny take on film noir, particularly the concept of the femme fatale ❤️ boxd.it/aTr7Zp

The Lamps of REMEMBER MY NAME (1978) #NoirLamps

The Lighted Bar Signs of REMEMBER MY NAME (1978) 🍸 #NoirSigns #BarSigns

Fun quiz that I did well and/or terrible on, depending on your perspective… gonna post my results (17/22) in replies…

Hadn’t seen this in 30 years and my god it holds up. Def a Top Five CB film, maybe Top Three

The lamp in Tom’s apartment in MILLER’S CROSING (1990) #NoirLamps

Ozu, truth-teller (LATE SPRING, 1949)

Good advice (THE MIDNIGHT STORY, 1950)

The way I shouted “D’OH!” when I finally got the pangram… #SpellingBee

The Lamps of TROUBLE IN MIND (1985) #NoirLamps

This cast is completely insane. A largely forgotten Westlake/Stark adaptation from the late 60s. It ain’t great, but the firepower! Also: music by Quincy Jones! (THE SPLIT, 1968)

Why doesn’t *my* gym look like this? Sure, my gym has modern equipment, but where’s the black & white checkerboard floor? Where is the orange!? Whither style and grace and matching lamps? 💡 💡 #noirlamps (THE SPLIT, 1968; d. Gordon Flemyng; DP Burnett fucking Guffey!)

Fritz Lang’s HANGMEN ALSO DIE (1943) is a perfect “Nazi Scum Must Die” movie for our times. The Nazis are repulsive sadist-cowards, just spot on. Once again, god bless @criterionchannl.bsky.social

Man, Columbia Pictures’ set designers really loved this lamp💡 #NoirLamps TIGHT SPOT (1955, d. Karlson) THE HARDER THEY FALL (1956, d. Robson)

Fritz Lang’s HANGMEN ALSO DIE (1943) is a perfect “Nazi Scum Must Die” movie for our times. The Nazis are repulsive sadist-cowards, just spot on. Once again, god bless @criterionchannl.bsky.social

Man, Columbia Pictures’ set designers really loved this lamp💡 #NoirLamps TIGHT SPOT (1955, d. Karlson) THE HARDER THEY FALL (1956, d. Robson)

The Lamps of THE HARDER THEY FALL (1956) (d. Mark Robson; DP Burnett Guffey) 💡 #NoirLamps

The Lamps (and Lights) of THIEF (d. Mann, 1981) 💡 🧵

The Lamps of Some Dudes Who Are Definitely About to Die (THIEF, d. Mann) (1981) #NoirLamps

The Lamps of Some Dudes Who Are Definitely About to Die (THIEF, d. Mann) (1981) #NoirLamps

The Lamps Have a Thousand Eyes 🌀 💡 🌀 (NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES, 1948) (d. Farrow) #NoirLamps

The Lamps of SHAFT’S BIG SCORE (1972, d. Parks) 💡 #NoirLamps

Just because he sucked at buying votes doesn’t mean he shouldn’t still be arrested for it

The Lamps of SHAFT (1971), can you dig it? 💡

Mr. Booker Goes to Washington

The Lamps of BEDELIA (1946, d. Lance Comfort) #NoirLamps 🛸 💡

THE 3 WORLDS OF GULLIVER (1960) is a pretty bad movie but I absolutely cackled when tiny Gulliver is trying to get laid but then suddenly gets dragged off by a giant squirrel

The Lamps of THE HUSTLER (1961, d. Rossen) #NoirLamps 💡

Absolute gold. Get this, I command you ⚡️

This movie is a metaphor for living in the US right now. Claiming to care about no one but himself, Bogart even says of the loathsome, bullying, abusive, slimy, sadistic, stupid Rocco (Edward G. Robinson) “if Rocco wants to come back to America, let him! Let him be President”

Emergency Emotional Support Lamp

Diego Rivera’s “The Flower Carrier” is in *so* many noirs (most famously IN A LONELY PLACE). Big LOL seeing it Yet Again … (REPEAT PERFORMANCE, 1947) #NoirArt

Whoa. Bonsai lamp. That’s new. (REPEAT PERFORMANCE, 1947) #NoirLamps

You know you have a lamp problem when you’re watching a movie and suddenly exclaim “ooh, I know that lamp!” (The one in foreground) (not sure where I’ve seen it but I have) (REPEAT PERFORMANCE, 1947) #NoirLamps

Here’s my *other* copy of THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING. My whole Blu-ray-collecting disease started w/ the demise of Twilight Time (2020), which all my cinephile acquaintances were buzzing about—TT liquidated stock and so I got maybe a dozen titles, cheap. I went downhill from there ☠️

The Lamps of Edward G. Robinson & Edward G. Robinson 💡 (THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING, d. Ford, 1935) #NoirLamps