pWhile it#39;s been mostly life and death around here, with the arrival of the more commercially-minded 80s the noir took a turn towards the funny. We#39;re looking first at Steve Martin#39;s 1982 parody emDead Men Won#39;t Wear Plaid/em, followed by Zemeckis#39;s glorious 1988 cartoon mash-up emWho Framed Roger Rabbit./em/ppbr/ppstrongRecommendations:/strong/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/youth-of-the-beast/" rel="nofollow"emYouth of the Beast/em/aem, /ema href="https://letterboxd.com/film/harakiri/" rel="nofollow"emHarakiri/em/a/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/flux-gourmet/" rel="nofollow"emFlux Gourmet/em/a/ppBrandon - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/pearl-2022/" rel="nofollow"emPearl/em/a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a. Featuring guest host a href="https://twitter.com/Beeshock" rel="nofollow"Brandon Shockney/a./ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p

pAfter checking in on a second set of lesser Marlowe flicks, it#39;s back across the Pacific Ocean to visit two more evolutions of the P.I. film comingled with a diverse array of other inspirations. First Satyajit Ray#39;s emThe Elephant God /emfrom 1979, followed by 1981#39;s emYokohama BJ Blues, /emdirected by Eiichi Kudo./ppbr/ppstrongRecommendations:/strong/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/chungking-express/" rel="nofollow"Chungking Express/a/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/irma-vep/" rel="nofollow"Irma Vep/a, a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/were-all-going-to-the-worlds-fair/" rel="nofollow"We#39;re All Going to the World#39;s Fair/a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p

pWe wrap up our examination of Marlowe adaptations with the arrival of a noir titan we haven#39;t seen yet on the podcast - Robert Mitchum, but Mitchum in his 60s, which is a very different vibe. First we discuss 1975#39;s Farewell, My Lovely and 1978#39;s The Big Sleep and Mitchum being the only actor to play Marlowe twice. Then we perform the most important function of film critics everywhere and rank all the entries!/ppstrongRecommendations:/strong/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/memoria-2021/" rel="nofollow"Memoria/a/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/identifying-features/" rel="nofollow"Identifying Features/a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p

pWe#39;re taking another road trip out of LA - this time to a sweat-soaked south as two Californian shamuses follow their cases past state lines. emThe Drowning Pool/em and emNight Moves/em each help solidify the new normal of neo-noir while also broadening the geographic boundaries of the private eye film. Plus, a double shot of Melanie Griffith!/ppstrongRecommendations:/strong/ppTristan - emOnly Murders in the Building/em/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/strange-victory/" rel="nofollow"emStrange Victory/em/a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p

pThe promise of the 60s has died, giving way to a new, distrustful era - fertile ground for a new noir movement to take root. Two films stand at forefront of a new era of hardboiled crime movies, each with their own idiosyncratic take on the private detective. emThe Long Goodbye/em and emChinatown/em reinvent noir and show new depths to the cynicism that can be found in its shadows. Welcome to the end of the dream. /ppbr/ppstrongRecommendations:/strong/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/rrr/" rel="nofollow"RRR/a/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/x-2022/" rel="nofollow"X/a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p

pWe’re giving a preview of a href="https://musicboxtheatre.com/events/noir-city-chicago-2022" rel="nofollow"strongNoir City: Chicago 2022/strong/a. This is the 12th go round with the Chicago edition of Noir City. The 21 films will be presented by Eddie Muller, Film Noir Foundation founder and host of TCM#39;s Noir Alley, and Foundation board member Alan K. Rode, author of Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film. The festival runs from August 26 to September 1 and features quite a few movies./ppAnd please support our beloved a href="https://musicboxtheatre.com/" rel="nofollow"Music Box Theatre/a! /ppRecommendations:/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/daughter-of-the-nile/" rel="nofollow"Daughter of the Nile/a/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/crimes-of-the-future-2022/" rel="nofollow"Crimes of the Future/a, a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/nope/" rel="nofollow"Nope/a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p

pIt#39;s the 70s, and we#39;re finally starting to see some new faces in our noir-inflected pictures. For today#39;s episode that means Shaft and Mr. T, a pair of early Blaxploitation heroes who help reframe noir, centering the narrative on a community that had been rendered invisible throughout classic Hollywood. And as emShaft /emand emTrouble Man/em show, just because you#39;re taking on the man doesn#39;t mean you can#39;t do it with a great soundtrack and a great sense of style./ppstrongRecommendations:/strong/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/petite-maman/" rel="nofollow"Petite Maman/a/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/bells-are-ringing/" rel="nofollow"Bells Are Ringing/a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p

pThe detective has arrived in the 60s, and he might not survive the culture shock. What chance does a private dick have up against teeny-boppers, new age cults, and Bruce Lee? We#39;ll find out as we look at Paul Newman in emHarper/em and James Garner in Marlowe./ppbr/ppRecommendations:/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/kuch-kuch-hota-hai/" rel="nofollow"Kuch Kuch Hota Hai/a/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/practical-magic/" rel="nofollow"Practical Magic/a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p

pFasten your seatbelts. Tray tables in an upright, locked position. It’s high time the private detective went international. We#39;re visiting Japan and France with emPrivate Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!/em and emMade in U.S.A./em/ppbr/ppRecommendations:/ppa href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/rrr-and-loving-65061019" rel="nofollow"Film Crit Hulk on RRR/a/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/uncut-gems/" rel="nofollow"Uncut Gems/a, a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/first-cow/" rel="nofollow"First Cow/a/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/the-northman/" rel="nofollow"The Northman/a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p

pIt#39;s all punching hoods and kissing dames in this week#39;s episode as we follow the detective into the 50s with a series of Mike Hammer adaptations. It#39;s another super-sized edition as we cover emI, The Jury/em, emKiss Me Deadly/em, emMy Gun Is Quick/em, and emThe Girl Hunters./em/ppbr/ppRecommendations:/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/x-2022/" rel="nofollow"emX/em/a/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/turning-red/" rel="nofollow"emTurning Red/em/a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p