The Stupid, The Proud (Film Noir Tribute)

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A tribute to the classic film genre known as Film Noir.

FILM NOIR is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classical film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s.

Laura;

The Letter (1940)
Rebecca (1940)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Laura (1944)
Ministry of Fear (1944)
Murder My Sweet (1944)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Out of the Past (1947)
The Big Clock (1948)
Sorry Wrong Number (1948)
Criss Cross (1949)
The Set-Up (1949)
Thieves' Highway (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Gun Crazy aka Deadly is the Female (1950)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
The Narrow Margin (1952)
The Big Heat (1953)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
The Killing (1956)
Touch of Evil (1958)

Cátia;

Suspicion (1941)
A Woman's Face (1941)
The Glass Key (1942)
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Spellbound (1945)
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Deception (1946)
Gilda (1946)
The Killers (1946)
Notorious (1946)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Body and Soul (1947)
Dark Passage (1947)
Call Northside 777 (1948)
Key Largo (1948)
White Heat (1949)
Union Station (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Human Desire (1954)
Pushover (1954)

Bonnie;

This Gun For Hire (1942)
Calling Dr. Death (1943)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Phantom Lady (1944)
Woman in the Window (1944)
Fallen Angel (1945)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Born to Kill (1947)
Brighton Rock (1947)
Brute Force (1947)
Kiss of Death (1947)
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Force of Evil (1948)
Night and the City (1950)
He Ran all the Way (1951)
The Prowler (1951)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Angel Face (1952)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Night of the Hunter (1955)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

[paulineg]

It's amazing. Scary, elegant, dark just perfect for a film noir mashup. 👌🎬

[questjonmark]

Gawd--if only these people knew how much we still love them, scores of years after having given us all of these marvelous close-ups of their darker sides.

[richardriegel]

Then late one night, after watching “The Lady From Shanghai” for the umpteenth time, stumbled upon this rather fresh little video, chockablock with some excellent portraits of the many wondrous faces of film noir. This video provides impetus to watch one I’ve never seen, and to add to the depth of knowledge. Film noir’s style, look, dialog all propelled me, inspired me into writing novel after novel after novel. I especially enjoyed your musical accompaniment, quite apropos.

[paulcestmoi]

That is EXCELLENT!!
"The stupid, the proud,
They blow our houses down!"
existential mania - has to be one of the best music video's I've ever seen.

[L-uz]

The perfectly matching lyrics, great editing with the genres finest- what a fantastic tribute, captures the dark and gritty atmosphere of noir so perfectly!!! Thank you!

[michael]

Incredible effort. And very nice to see a few nods to the underrated Sorry, Wrong Number. Loved it.

[GHJasamfan]

First of all, have to say how marvelous it is that you have come together to collab classic movies!!!  <3  Film Noir....what a wonderful theme...Love this genre.  GREAT song choice, sets the perfect vibe!  Amazing job, ladies!

[paulcestmoi]

"You wake up every morning of your life and you know perfectly well that there's nothing in the world to trouble you. You go through your ordinary little day, and at night you sleep your untroubled ordinary little sleep, filled with peaceful stupid dreams. And I brought you nightmares. Or did I? Or was it a silly, inexpert little lie? You live in a dream. You're a sleepwalker, blind. How do you know what the world is like? Do you know the world is a foul sty? Do you know, if you rip off the fronts of houses, you'd find swine? The world's a hell. What does it matter what happens in it? Wake up, Charlie. Use your wits. Learn something."

[puck]

What can I say? Amazing doesn't cover what you have made! Bravo!

[MarsMoonlight]

Oh my goodness! This turned out SO FREAKIN' AMAZING! I'm so glad I got to be a part of this awesome collab. Once again, hands down to you, Laura, for putting this together. You did a wonderful, wonderful job. <3

[ZZTopRockman]

UGH THIS WAS PERFECT! Not for my parts, obviously, but wow! I know I have seen these parts separately and loved them but seeing them all together-- they are incredible! The thing I love about it so much is that in the midst of familiarity there are complete unknowns to me; no matter how many films I watch there's always more to explore. And even within films we know and love, you've picked really unique clips. The song that I was initially a bit dubious about is absolutely spot on. I'm so so proud to be part of this :) well done guys

[Greeklings]

This is wonderful! It makes me remember why I love this genre so much in the first place!

[robertoledesma]

QUÈ TREMENDO ESE MONTAJE, , EXELENTES TOMAS DE LO MEJOR QUE HA DADO EL CINE NEGRO, SIMPLEMENTE UN GRAN

[Concetta]

"Laura", "Rebecca", and "Notorious" are my favorite noir films.

[mommybriggs]

That was excellent. Perfect pics to go with the haunting music, loved it

[lydajenkins]

Totally mind-blowing, what’s the film at 0:49? Many thx!

[DearClassic]

Amazing!!! Thank you so much for this noir treat. Can't wait to see more!

[queencersei]

Girls, this is fantastic! Congrats on the vid and thanks for filling in for me :)

[georgekokkinos]

Masterful! Bravo. The stuff nightmares are made of.

[kikipine]

Oh man that was so amazing! I think I'm going to watch some Film Noir now. Really though that was so good and that song is just haunting and it fits so so well. Fantastic job, thank you so much for making these videos and please, keep them coming!