Sentences with phrase «noir as tragedy»
A lurid enigma, erotic noir as tragedy, Bastards is a film that burrows into genre like a parasite, while probing the darkest alcoves of the human heart.
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As pouty, abused, tyrannized and ultimately devious temptress Vicki, she gives us raw sexuality and a glimpse of tragedy: a view of the dark side of the tracks that's pure noir, pure Grahame.
Billy Wilder, for example, was originally dismissed by Sarris as a director without a personal style, and, indeed, Wilder tackled an astonishing range of material, from romantic comedies to film noir («Double Indemnity»), Hollywood tragedy («Sunset Boulevard»), journalistic expose («Ace in the Hole») and classic farce («Some Like It Hot»).
It begs to mention that each act contains documents to collect that flesh out the story — especially the back story — of Dawn, and seeking out each collectable is worth the time, as Contrast is kind of a tragedy in the classic noir sense.