Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir Interview with Eddie Muller
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Front Row Classics is about to take you on a journey through "Dark City" this week. We're thrilled to welcome back the "Czar of Noir" himself, Eddie Muller to discuss one of our favorite genres. Eddie has recently released a revised and expanded edition of his book, "Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir". The book covers the various destinations and colorful characters one comes across when traveling through the world of Noir. Brandon and Eric are thrilled to discuss many of Noir's famous & infamous people and places with one of the genre's foremost experts.
"Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir" is available from Running Press wherever books are sold.
Eddie Muller is the host of Noir Alley on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Every Saturday, Noir Alley visits classic noir films featuring some of the best set-ups and shake downs involving iconic antiheroes and the unforgettable, fatalistic dames they fall for.
Muller is a contemporary renaissance man. He writes novels, biographies, movie histories, plays, short stories, and films. He also programs film festivals, curates museums, designs books, and provides commentary for television, radio, and DVDs. He produces and hosts NOIR CITY: The San Francisco Film Noir Festival, the largest noir retrospective in the world, which now has satellite festivals in seven other U.S. cities.
As founder and president of the Film Noir Foundation, he has been instrumental in preserving America’s noir heritage, which to date has included restoring and preserving more than 30 nearly lost classics in partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive, such as Too Late for Tears (1949), Woman on the Run (1950), and The Bitter Stems (1956). He has also presented and lectured on film noir at the Cinémathèque Française in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
His debut novel, The Distance, earned the Best First Novel “Shamus” Award from the Private Eye Writers of America. Muller is a two-time Edgar Award nominee from the Mystery Writers of America and has earned three Anthony Award nominations. Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star, which he co-wrote with the actor, was a national bestseller in 2007. He has twice been named a San Francisco Literary Laureate.
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What a wonderful interview. I view Eddie's KZread intros and outros and always find them interesting and then some. But here you have Eddie with his knowledge, congeniality and totally level honesty.
Restrictions and Parameters. Not never said but also not often enough, is economy and limitation giving form to what we instantly recognize as film noir. They often had to do a lot with a little in all aspects. That gave Noir a look and an edge that the subject needed. The blinds, curtains, shadows. Props that cost nothing but look large 80 years on. Time and again what seemingly would hinder art expanded it. Patronage. 3 minute pop song. They become style choices even when the artist had no restrictions. No commercial reason to do it that way. The merger of the creative and consumer aspects of art has created the unexpected circumstance of being the language we communicate in today. Our mirror on the world . That film noir truly is. A horizontal blinds shadow with a black n white neon sign window to the noir movie world.
Great Interview! Love Film Noir and Eddie's promotion of it!
He's a hero of mine. The knowledge and love of his subject are always apparent, and his integrity comes through in all his work. And his love of and history with S.F., the city we both grew up in, gives us a similar base of experience. Love his self-described approach of "scholarship and fun". Hope to get to his Noir festival in S.F. sometime.
a "must listen" for fans of Film Noir and "Ask Eddie". First rate hosts and star guest.
Drink in the darkness and cheers to the Czar. Whenever Noir City comes to town near you..... GO!
And I LOVE your book, Mr. Eddie Muller!
@juliaross5268
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Whoops … had to go look up ‘jingoism’. 🎉
Reading the book now, terrific !
@bbath7
Жыл бұрын
It's such a great read
In behalf of the new generations, some of us do like classic movies. The fact that noir directors (and movie companies really) weren´t looking for money but for a message it´s very likely to be what makes them so good, and why most modern movies stink.
What a wonderful interview. Thank you for this
@brandondavis7880
2 жыл бұрын
Appreciate it very much!-Brandon
Hey Front Row Network! I love this interview you did with Eddie Muller. ❤❤❤ I have subscribed.😊
@TheFrontRowMovieReviews
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Welcome aboard!