Sentences with phrase «technicolor noir films»

The Oscar - winning screenplay is actually based on several titles in James Ellroy's series of chronological thriller novels (including the title volume, The Big Nowhere, and White Jazz)-- a compelling blend of L.A. history and pulp fiction that has earned it comparisons to the greatest of all Technicolor noir films, Chinatown.

Not exact matches

In Henry Hathaway's Technicolor film noir, Niagara Falls serves as an apt metaphor for the destructive power of out - of - control carnal and murderous obsessions.

Directed by Henry Hathaway, this film is a bit hard to classify — the flashy Technicolor screams neo-noir while its 1953 release date puts it firmly in the classic noir camp.

But in the midst of these monochrome movies one oddity came along: Desert Fury, a film noir in glorious Technicolor, directed by Lewis Allen, perhaps the only other previous example being John Stahl's equally delirious 1945 film Leave Her to Heaven.

Technicolor or film noir in feel, the glossy hyper - real images have brought him notoriety in the realms he critiques - he has done product commissions for MAC Cosmetics, Montblanc, and Jimmy Choo.