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Out of the Past: Investigating Film Noir

by Clute and Edwards

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Noircast Special 4: TCM Presents Into the Darkness: Investigating Film Noir

June 4, 2015 · 1 hr 21 min

Miguel Rodriquez of Monster Island Resort and Will McKinley of Cinematically Insane interview Clute and Edwards on the topic of TCM Presents Into the Darkness: Investigating Film Noir, a free multimedia online course presented by Turner…
Episode 53: Out of the Past Act II

November 24, 2011 · 46 min

OUT OF THE PAST is perhaps the most carefully structured of all films noir--a narrative divided (like protagonist Jeff Markum/Bailey) between an inescapable past and an impossible future, teetering on the slimmest hope for the present such…
Episode 52: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (with Scott McGee)

October 15, 2011 · 44 min

Appearances can be deceiving. On the surface, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS is pure science fiction, the tale of seed pods from outer space that produce emotionless body doubles of each citizen in the small town of Santa Mira. Often read…
Episode 51: L.A. Noire

August 16, 2011 · 38 min

A product of Clute and Edwards' longstanding fascination with film noir and hard-boiled literature, this podcast investigates how certain mid-century visual and storytelling conventions evolved into Rockstar Games/Team Bondi's new video…
Noircast Special 3: The Maltese Touch of Evil Video Essay

June 11, 2011 · 7 min

While many scholars have focused on noir as a dark visual style, or a worldview marked by the anxieties and stark realities of modernity, few have addressed noir's high degree of self-consciousness or its profoundly quirky humor. In their…

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Episode 50: The Blue Dahlia

November 8, 2009 · 43 min

A script by Raymond Chandler. Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd, and William Bendix in leading roles. Costumes by the great Edith Head, and cinematography by Lionel Lindon, who had been nominated for best cinematography just the year before for the…
Episode 49: Bande à part (with Dr. Jeffrey Peters)

August 24, 2009 · 37 min

In this episode, guest investigator Jeffrey Peters (Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Languages at the University of Kentucky), leads a panel of five undergraduate students from his Honors Program course "French Film Noir" in a…
Episode 48: In a Lonely Place (with Megan Abbott)

December 27, 2008 · 51 min

Clute and Edwards welcome guest investigator Megan Abbott , the reigning Dark Dame of Noir. Megan is the author of a superb nonfiction study of hardboiled and noir protagonists entitled THE STREET WAS MINE, and three gut-wrenching…
Episode 47: Bob Le Flambeur (with Howard Rodman and Mike White)

August 12, 2008 · 39 min

Howard Rodman and Mike White are this episode's guest investigators. Rodman and White discuss Jean-Pierre Melville's great 1956 film, Bob Le Flambeur. Howard Rodman is a screenwriter, novelist and USC film professor. His most recent screen…
Episode 46: Thieves Highway (with Eddie Muller)

June 18, 2008 · 53 min

Thanks to listener support, Out of the Past: Investigating Film Noiris a featured podcast at iTunes, has generated nearly 200,000 downloads worldwide, and has a per-episode audience of over 4,000. With such a record of success, Clute and…
Episode 45: Force of Evil

March 11, 2008 · 48 min

FORCE OF EVIL shows us that small-time graft is less dangerous than big-time rackets that have the law, the trust of the public, and the appearance of respectability on their side. Ultimately, the crime is the system itself, and the very…
Episode 44: Brick

February 5, 2008 · 40 min

Rian Johnson's superlative 2005 debut film BRICK is neither a nostalgic tribute nor a modern reaction to noir style. But due to the conditions surrounding its production, it has more in common with classic noir than most films that play…

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About the show

Each film noir weaves its own yarn of longing, corruption, and fateful decisions. In each episode of this podcast series, Clute and Edwards investigate one noir or neo-noir in detail. Following various threads of inquiry, they attempt to unravel the vast canvas of noir. More info at www.noircast.net