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Slant’s 100 Best Film Noirs of All Time (100 movies items)"The Asphalt Jungle could be understood as a hardening of John Huston’s directorial vision, breaking away from Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon and any greater conquest of cool for pathetic men whose minds have gone rotten from being left on the slab for too long. Dix (Sterling Hayden) is first seen woozily stumbling into a diner, which is apt given that his entire life rests upon the wobbly premise that he can go home again, back to the farm where his childhood colt might be resurrected, if onl"
Anautix' Movie Diary 2019
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1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (1950's) (126 movies items)" Notes: I haven't seen this one yet..."
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2020) (1001 movies items)" Notes: I haven't seen this one yet..."
Movies the giraffe watched in 2018: April (24 movies items)"First viewing - April 6th My favorite local theatre changed hands and their entire staff recently, and the loss of it has been deeply felt. Now the theatre runs basically whatever will draw the biggest crowds, which means there's nothing unusual enough to draw me back there. Thankfully the group that was running it before refuses to give up, and they've been temporarily hosting events in an alternate location until they can acquire a new home. When I saw they were hosting another Noir Night Out"
100 Greatest Golden Age Hollywood Films (100 movies items)"With the likes of 'The Maltese Falcon' and 'Key Largo' under his belt, director John Huston hardly needed to prove himself further in the Film Noir genre but with 1950's exquisite heist movie 'The Asphalt Jungle' he turned in yet another classic Noir. The film follows a robbery from the point of view of the bad guys, although Huston is careful to give Sterling Hayden's Dix, the muscle of the gang, an understandable reason for becoming involved. He wants to buy the horse farm his father lost duri"
ONE YEAR! - ONE (My Favorite) MOVIE!
Project #1 -1001 Movies I Must see Before I die- (1167 movies items)" Rating iMDB: My Rating: Director: Actors: Genre: The Plot:"
Watched in 2017
The Evolution of Sterling Hayden
Our Week With Marilyn (23 movies items)"THE ASPHALT JUNGLEReleased: 8 June 1950 (112 minutes)Directed by: John Huston Written by: Ben Maddow, John Huston, W.R. Burnett ROLE: ANGELA PHINLAYHOLY GODIVA 2 - ONION JACK 3 TOTAL: 5 (+)"
