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Patter, Part 2: Trivia + Screwball comedies, the 60s, neo-noir, and more!

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In this final part of this season on "Patter", Tori quizzes Dávid on the way that gangsters, film noir, and hardboiled detectives speak in movies. They also cover how "screwball" and other types of comedy of the 30s and 40s influenced this style of speaking and how it evolved through the 60s and beyond.

Topics and films mentioned:

  • The Marx Brothers & Groucho Marx
  • The Big Sleep, 1946, directed by Howard Hawks
  • Screwball comedy
  • His Girl Friday, 1940, directed by ⁠Howard Hawks⁠
  • Bringing up Baby, 1938, directed by ⁠⁠Howard Hawks⁠⁠
  • Sweet Smell of Success, 1957, directed by Alexander Mackendrick
  • Frank Sinatra & The Rat Pack
  • Neo-Noir
  • Chinatown, 1974, directed by Roman Polanski
  • The Godfather, 1972, directed by Francis Ford Coppola
  • Martin Scorsese
  • The Pubic Enemy, 1931, directed by William A. Wellman
  • Scarface, 1932, directed by Howard Hawks⁠
  • The Maltese Falcon, 1941, directed by John Huston
  • Double Indemnity, 1944, directed by Billy Wilder
  • Detour, 1945, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
  • Kiss of Death, 1947, directed by Henry Hathaway
  • Pickup on South Street, 1953, directed by Samuel Fuller
  • Little Caesar, 1931, directed by Mervyn LeRoy

    • Patter online dictionaries:

    • "Jargon" from "Loose Shadows Stories"
    • "The Lingo of Film Noir" from Nancy Friedman
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