Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, February 24, 2023
There are two unmissable westerns playing back-to-back on TCM later today.
For some time now, it has been my contention that films noir are able to infiltrate other genres of cinematic storytelling. Instead of applying a whole host of traits typically associated with a style of filmmaking that emerged in the U.S. during the 1940s, I've identified two overriding features that most determine their qualification. 1. Some sort of criminal activity is present or is at least demonstrably considered and 2. There is a strong focus on the psychology of its principle participants. These attributes are not only abundantly evident in André de Toth’s exceptional western 1959’s Day of the Outlaw,
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