70s film noir homage movies
I'm working on a list of tributes to noir done in the 70s (no doubt a reaction to Bogart's resurgence in popularity around that time). The films can be straight noir or comedies.
The Long Goodbye
Chinatown
Gumshoe
Peeper
Play it Again, Sam
The Black Bird
Can anyone think of more? What do you think of these movies? Obviously Chinatown is a classic..
Some of these may qualify,
The Honeymoon Killers
The Drowning Pool
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Outfit
Klute
The Mechanic
Mean Streets
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
To me, all are pretty good to good films with each having an element, or element's, of noir. Though, not in the class of Chinatown
Just to clarify, are you meaning more in the sense of retro-noir in that the films - though made in the '70's - deliberately reference the earlier classic period?Originally Posted by Steve-O
right... more than a neo-noir (and the film MM mentions are all great, but not what I was looking for), but ones that spoof or a self-conscious take on film noir. The Long Goodbye is another.
It's 1 year past the cut-off ,but THE MAN WITH BOGART'S
FACE.
That's what I get for scanning too quickly.
I'll try again; just finished a book on Neil Simon and it mentioned two films that, I think, would apply.
The Cheap Detective
Murder By Death
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Farewell, My Lovely (1975), directed by Dick Richards and Expose Me, Lovely (1976), written and directed by Armand Weston. I think these two films are good takes on film noir! Let me add one more to your list, The Big Sleep (1978), directed by Michael Winner.
Last edited by noirguru; 06-28-2012 at 06:05 PM.
I have two more to add, both from TV. Goodnight, My Love (1972), directed by Peter Hyams and the series, Banyon (1971-1973).
The Big Fix (1978) directed by Jeremy Kagan, starring Richard Dreyfuss. Noirmedy, but may not match your criteria.
Yup... I'll accept that! I think Dead Men Don't Wear Plad won't be included, but I'll accept the rest..
I'll add former NOTW Girl on the Late, Late Show
So here's the list so far:
Play it Again, Sam (1972)-- A recent divorce gets romantic advice from the ghost of Humphrey Bogart.
Goodnight, My Love (1972)-- A down-on-his-luck private eye and his partner, a dwarf, are drawn into a tangle of missing persons and murder in 1940s Los Angeles.
Gumshoe (1971)-- A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.
Chandler (1971)
The Long Goodbye (1973)-- Detective Phillip Marlowe investigates shady characters involved in a long-lost friend's murder.
Shamus (1973)
Chinatown (1974)-- A Los Angeles private eye unwittingly sets up an innocent man for murder, then joins his seductive widow to unearth the corruption...
The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974) TV --A television producer decides to find out the whereabouts of a former movie actress whose career has long since faded. He discovers that his inquiries have set off a string of murders.
Who is the Black Dahlia (1975) TV
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)-- the second adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel
Expose Me, Lovely (1976)-- An adult private detective story.
The Black Bird (1975)-- When famous private detective Sam Space dies, his son Sam Spade, Jr. takes over his agency
Peeper (1976) A rich man hires a private detective named Tucker to find his long lost daugther.
Murder By Death (1976)-- A criminal madman invites the world's greatest detectives for a night of dinner and murder. Peter Falk plays the Bogart clone
The Big Fix (1978)--Moses Wine is the leftist P.I. written by Roger Simon and portrayed by Richard DreyfussThe Cheap Detective (1978)--The sequel to Murder By Death with Falk as the lead spoofing Casablanca and Sam Spade.The Man With Bogart's Face (1980)-- A man with a fixation on Humphrey Bogart gets plastic surgery to make him look exactly like Bogart.
Also, SHAMUS with Burt Reynolds. Several scenes that are homage/rip-offs of THE BIG SLEEP.
Steve-O, two more for your list; Chandler (1971) directed by Paul Magwood and Who Is The Black Dahlia? (1975) directed by Joe Pevney, it was made for TV.
Last edited by noirguru; 06-29-2012 at 03:54 PM.
Added! Thanks guys... I haven't seen Shamus or Who is the Black Dahlia...
I was going to add The Last Run to the list, but then I watched it... the poster is quite misleading:
"In the tradition of Hemingway and Bogart."
Well, not really. This just shows how popular Bogart was in the early 70s! This movie has nothing to do with Bogart films. It is quite good though. Have you ever seen The American (2010) and The Hit (1984)? This is a bit like both. Well worth your time (and less boring than The American). Scott's future wife (and frequent co-star) Trish Van Devere looks 100-years younger than Scott it's creepy. Good film though.
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