2:01:03this movie works specifically because of how it plays with the noir troupes
2:01:04This one was pretty recent for B&W standards. Color was already in circulation, but this was filmed in Black and White for style reasons.
2:01:08This movie ESCHEWS many of the tropes we are used too. @PipkinPippa
2:01:11yeah, it subverted some things
2:01:12That was a great choice on their part
2:01:14they could never do that last scene in modern movies, it's too slow form this age
2:01:17You gotta watch some more movies from this era, thoug
2:01:18all i gotta say... THE MUSIC
2:01:20yeah they subverted that classic expectation
2:01:20stuff with orsen welles tends to play differently
2:01:23how can one beluvwe in baBIES
2:01:25it was a fantastic deconstruction
2:01:28after the Hayes code, female leads arent allowed to leave their husbands
2:01:28need to get you to watch more film noir Pippa :D
2:01:31The chick never gets with the lead in modern movies.
2:01:31Then the turn of heart, swoons over to the protag
2:01:32So soon after ww2, probably would've been a sore spot anyway so it makes sense.
2:01:34Yeah they didn't go with the norma
2:01:41I think her staying loyal to the very end helped keep it very interesting
2:01:41these are characters that represent people, not just cariacatures
2:01:43this was kind of a reversal of that, the woman was with the villian before the twist
2:01:43yeah the slow buildup until you find lime is alive and the pace shoots up to 100
2:01:47Used the tropes, but the plot was executed realistically