Fox Film Noir - Complete DVD Collection Overview and Tour (Noirvember)
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Let's talk about Fox Film Noir! Between 2005-2008, 20th Century Fox released over two dozen film noir classics from their vaults to DVD, complete with restored picture and video, new and archival special features, and audio commentaries by some of the finest noir historians in the field. In this video, we cover EVERY release and look at the lasting legacy of Fox's contributions to noir! Happy Noirvember!
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2005-08 truly was a golden age of DVD releases. Especially for TV shows. If it didn't come out during that window, the chances of it getting released afterwards was slim.
Being a film noir fanatic, I have seen all of these multiple times. My favorite is Fallen Angel. It is interesting the style each studio had in creating a film noir movie. For example, MGM film noir's had good production values, but we're cleaned up and quite tame. 20th Century Fox, on the other had, would push the envelope with undertones of homosexuality, necrophelia and beastiality.
We've been a fan of Noir for decades. I hunt for them at every Book Off I can find in So Cal. Happy hunting!
Wow, those are amazing! I love noir films
That was such a great series. I think I watched most of those during the heyday of Netflix disc rental.
Great collection video I have 6 DVDs in the series & one movie that is great is BOOMERANG and what makes it greater is that it was filmed in my hometown in 1947 😍😃👍😎
I love film noir! Noirvember is in full swing! Love your collection and enthusiasm!
Well done....he made it easy to understand film noir 😊
Halfway through collecting these
Betty Grable made two dramas in 1941. I Wake Up Screaming was one and it is one of my favorites of hers. It's on here. Very good film Noir. Check it out.
Glad to see this overview. Hopefully you can go more in depth at a later date on the titles that really grabbed you. I have a bout 10 movies under this banner. I always pick them up when I find them for the right price. In my experience Richard Widmark and Noir is always a win notably Kiss of Death.
Hey, now we're talkin'! I have about 12 of those and these are what started me down the road to collecting and loving noir.
Nice! They're REALLY well done, and it's nice to know that we can collect the whole line if we want to. It's an attainable goal.
Wow, what a great series of DVDs and I love that they have so many extra features. I'm a big Film Noir fan though I only own a few at this point. Thanks for another great video!
You've got me interested in this I'm starting collection now. Love your video's learning new things i never knew before.Thanks for what you do.
Also collecting this series -- love it. Thanks for posting!
A couple of them were hard to find, so best of luck to you!
In my little collection, I have 1, 3, 9, 12, and 18 I had Boomerang (16) and sold it (yes), I just didn't like the ending. So, I'm not planning on getting them all, but there are a few, like Fallen Angel, Nightmare Alley, and Street With No Name, on my wish/hunt list. Thank you so much for going through the entire line. I stopped watching and hunting for them lately, but now you've inspired me to resume the hunt and to pull out a noir film of some sort for later tonight!
Recently finished collecting all these, although I do want to replace one which is severely sun-washed on the spine. Have watched four of them, all good, but two have been top notch: Where the Sidewalk Ends and Nightmare Alley
Do you know if all of these releases have the Fox Film Noir "The Line Up"/"The Look" inserts? I noticed my editions of Roadhouse and Noontide do not have these inserts. As far as I can tell, it appears as if Fox skimped on inserts for these films!
I've always had a soft spot when it comes to Noire movies. As a huge fan of the time period, I can definitely appreciate the titles that you've covered. Thanks once again for another great video. I really appreciate it!
got my checklist out! great idea here I love noir
I have the complete set and there are some great films in there but quite a few are not really noir.
Blu-ray versions of some of these films exist but for instance Laura looks far too glossy, bright and perfect and I prefer the DVD. Film Noir definitely benefits from some nicks, scratches and fluctuations in brightness.
Good luck picking up the titles you don't have. I managed to complete the collection about 5 years ago, like you I have some now on Blu-ray but I won't be selling any of the collection. FYI Nightmare Alley does not have Blu-ray release, it's scheduled for a Blu-ray release here in the UK early next year; it's a top notch noir. The Warner Noir and Gangster collections are also worth having.
Thanks! I'm happy to report that I've knocked three more off my "need" list since posting this video. I do have all four volumes of Warner's Gangster collection and the first volume of Warner's Noir collection, though I think all four from that first Noir set have now been upgraded to Blu-ray. The other volumes in the Warner Noir set are way out of my price range now, but here's hoping they get either re-pressed or upgraded to Blu-ray too. The Warner Archive Blu-ray of Gun Crazy is one of the best releases of last year, in my opinion.
Oh, Nightmare Alley has a Spanish release. Here's a link. Region Free (allegedly!)(www.amazon.es/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01I0L1Y0K/dv017-21/ref=nosim
Love the kiss of death Richard Widmark In his first film (Tommy duo) was brilliant and brutal that wheelchair/ stairs scene was something to see the whole cast was great( victor mature ) everyone But when Widmark was on the screen it was hard to take your eyes off.
The Dark Corner, Black Widow and Vicki are a few of my favorites. I have 20 titles in the series.
I get the same compulsions on my Plex server when I’m missing a movie in a set or a season from a show. So I have given into my compulsions and only add something to it once I have the full set in my disc archive.
I am looking up these films!
I do own all the Fox noirs, plus the blu ray releases, made a mistake years ago, some of these were released in Korea, quality not bad, but no bonus features, purchased some and how to go and purchase the OG Fox releases, just a warning for anyone interested in purchasing these film on dvd
Picked up all of those before it became too difficult. One regret (maybe) is that I bought the Fox Quad set that had "Laura," "Dangerous Crossing," "Black Widow," and "Call Northwest 777," instead of the individual releases...so I don't have that great artwork. Still.....nice to have all the discs.
I live 30 minutes from James Stewart's childhood home!
Fallen Angel was the last film Alice Faye made under her Fox contract. She walked out of her contract after she was basically second fiddle to the younger Linda Darnell. She left the film business until the 60s when she finally fulfilled her contract.
i have just recently ( in september ) gotten into film noir and already have 20 on blu-ray and around 5 on dvd :)
Any favorite discoveries so far? I'll also recommend the new Noir Archive volumes from Kit Parker Films, distributed through Mill Creek Entertainment. There are three volumes total, and each collection presents 7 noir (or noir-adjacent) films in chronological order. They're going for about 35 dollars per set. I love them and plan to talk about them at some point in a video.
@@CerealAtMidnight will only buy region b/2 since i live in Norway :) the first one i watched that many says is not really a noir but some says is: Billy wilders the lost weekend, i love that movie so much i actually think it would be on my top 10 movies of all time, other noir movies i like is: the reckless moment, laura, panic in the streets, too late for tears, nightfall, woman on the run, the woman in the window and secret beyond the door. there are many more that i have written down that i am going to buy at a later time.
I have the set except for House of Strangers and Daisy Kenyon
can you make a video with your complete film noir collection ( not just fox film noir ) ? :)
So far I don't see Fourteen Hours here. Not a typical Noir imo, but it's a very cool little film. It was the film debut of obscure actress Grace Kelly lol.
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Your collection is noirmazing😀
Regarding pawn shop finds, I've found some gold over the years but it's getting slim. I hit up a few today that I haven't been to in a while. One used to have a ton of movies, today, they had about 12 titles. The others were low and clearing out most of what they had. This has been a trend all year. Fewer and fewer are even accepting DVDs/Blu-rays at all. Today, when I asked at the one shop if they still sold movies you would have thought I asked if they had any 8-tracks. Strange how the formats can still take in billions of dollars in global sales (albeit a lot less than they did even two years ago) but still be considered dead.
Great points! My pawn shops are really blowing stuff out, as they don't want all those DVDs clogging up their inventory. The last time I went into a pawn shop, maybe three months ago, the DVDs were all fifty cents each and I found a few titles, including one or two that were out of print. But as I checked out, the lady behind the counter told me what we all suspect: "we just want these gone." It's so true, for a media form that still brings in tons of revenue, it sure does seem undesirable by so many people.
Dang,I wish I had that collection
They're out there, if you want to start!
Awesome, love your videos and collection. My friend, listen to others and do a noir discussion video. I'm sure that there are a certain amount of your viewers who will get hooked on noir if you showcase the right films and get them to watch. I have uploaded a very clean copy of "Kansas City Confidential" over on my channel for this very reason. Thanks again for your videos and dedication!
You’d think the kind of people who don’t watch movies older than themselves wouldn’t come to your channel, but it’s cool they do. Maybe you’ll sway them. I’ve seen a lot more noir than I own. It’s definitely a weak spot in my collection I need to fix.
It’s interesting, because we cast such a wide net. Last week we were talking about the new Terminator movie and the Disney era of Star Wars, so I think different things appeal to different viewers. We’re getting loads of new folks all the time, thankfully, and we welcome them with open arms. Hopefully we can be that spark that ignites an interest that someone never knew they would have.
First of all, I would watch Gene Tierney read the phone book. Second, wonderful video, and I haven't seen any of those except for Laura! :-( Have you watched most of them? I used to collect Fox's Studio Classics line but didn't get very far, I do have a couple, though. Do you collect those? Now that Disney owns Fox and only cares about money, all these movies are treasures to be grabbed before they disappear into oblivion.
I’ve watched some of them, but i still have a ways to go, and some I’ve forgotten and need to revisit. I’ve got a few Fox Studio Classics, too, but I think only a couple myself. Sahara with Humphrey Bogart is one I own and enjoyed, for sure.
@@CerealAtMidnight I own Alexander's Ragtime Band, Razor's Edge (also with Gene Tierney) and All About Eve. I sure wish I had more! I checked the Film Nor series prices on Amazon. they vary wildly, going from 10$ to over 60$...
It's crazy what some of these are going for! Even before Disney bought Fox, most of these had gone out of print. I think I mentioned in the video that I had picked some up during a Black Friday sale on Fox's website (but I might have edited that part out to make the video leaner) and they had been clearing them out even then. I guess they were considered dead stock. So as much as Disney is responsible for these movies now, even Fox seemed to have moved on.
@@CerealAtMidnight Catalog releases will never have mass appeal, but in an age where everything is increasingly digitized, and where the powers-that-be exert more control over their film libraries, collecting physical media is slowly becoming an act of film-preservation for those kinds of movies. Unless they are picked up and issues by boutique labels (who are doing holy work), it's up to the serious collector to preserve them. Which is a bit crazy.
I wonder how many movies have the title House on -------- hill. LOL
Seems like a lot!
Heath, what are your thoughts on Hammer Horror movies? Which ones are among your favourites?
I adore Hammer, and we talk about it fairly often. Here's some of our Hammer videos and content!
ruclips.net/video/l29fceiq9iM/видео.html www.cerealatmidnight.com/2019/06/review-dracula-ad-1972-and-satanic.html www.cerealatmidnight.com/2019/02/review-horror-of-dracula.html
Favorites are Horror of Dracula, Sword of Sherwood, The Gorgon, Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter, The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, She, One Million Years B.C., and Captain Clegg.
I know it was just an overview, but would like a more in-depth discussion about noir.
I’ve been thinking about how to do that without 1) coming off like a know-it-all, and 2) being boring. The film noir community is actually kind of snooty, and I didn’t want to contribute to that sort of vibe. But I’ve been very pleased with that response to this video, and would love to elaborate. What sort of noir video would you be interested in? Maybe an overview of what noir is and why we care about it, 60 years after it ended?
@@CerealAtMidnight I would love to see a Noir video similar to what you did with Italian cinema (horror, spaghetti westerns, etc.). I really felt like I learned a lot about the genre and gave me a desire to seek out and explore some of these movies that I otherwise wouldn't care much about.
@@CerealAtMidnight A review of what it is would be fine with some personal recommendations and why you would recommend those particular titles. And yes the noir community can be snooty lol
Wonder if Disney will release titles like these on Disney+
I 100% believe that these movies will never end up on Disney Plus. Disney Plus is for the Disney brand and some ancillary family-friendly properties like The SImpsons. The story was that Hulu was going to be home to some of the Fox library since Disney now owns the majority stake, but I don't think they're in any hurry to stream these movies anywhere. A lot of us think these are simply going back into the vault, which is what Disney is doing with a lot of Fox properties. www.vulture.com/2019/10/disney-is-quietly-placing-classic-fox-movies-into-its-vault.html
It's Jean Crain, it's just spelled Jeanne.
Funny, aside from Daisy Kenyan I have all of the titles you don't have (in fact, I started collecting them because I saw Nightmare Alley on the shelf and I was dying to see it after reading Danny Peary's review in the Cult Movies book).
Okay, story time: these retailed for $14.99 on release but Best Buy and Borders (remember them?) would sell them for $9.99. I would go down to those stores on a weekly basis and pick them up - which led to me getting the Warners Film Noir box sets and others. The Fox releases were like potato chips to me - can't buy just one. Good times...
Oh, and it's interesting I Wake Up Screaming and Vicki are so close number-wise as the second is a remake of the first.
These retailed for 15 dollars? That's an incredible bargain, and makes me like and respect them even more. Fox didn't just dump old transfers on a disc and push them out, they really brought the preservationist aspect to them, with all the commentaries, booklets, and other features. So for them to retail them at 15 dollars is really wonderful. Imagine that: a major studio wanting to price their releases low enough so that enthusiasts could own them on their shelves and collect them all. Things sure have changed! By the way, I have the first WB noir set and love it, but the others were out of print and too expensive by the time I got into them. They're slowly but surely putting them all on Blu-ray through Warner Archive, but I wish I'd jumped on them earlier.
@@CerealAtMidnight I've got vol. 1-4. I see vol. 5 every once in a while but it's usually down on my list.
OH, if you manage to get Vol. 4 (or the BD version of this film, if it's the same release) the movie Crime Wave is a big favorite with me. not only is it a fantastic noir directed by Andre De Toth but it stars Sterling Hayden (one of the best noir actors to ever live) and was filmed on location in 50's L.A. but the commentary is by Eddie Muller and JAMES FREAKIN' ELLROY! Worth it for that alone.
I LOVE Sterling Hayden (shout out to his westerns) and will definitely have to seek Crime Wave out, sooner rather than later. Thanks for the tip, Glen! UPDATE: I haven't found a Blu-ray of Crime Wave, but I did do some research and discovered that the original 2007 DVD pressing of that movie shares a disc with Decoy, another noir from WB. That disc is out of print and was re-released by Warner Archive on a DVD-R in 2017. I took to eBay and found the out of print pressed version from 2007 from a seller who ALSO had Whirlpool and Shock, both from my "need" list of Fox Film Noir. 7 bucks each, free shipping. So if I hadn't gone looking for Crime Wave, I wouldn't have seen the two movies I needed from the Fox line. Just had to share. Thanks, brother.
@@CerealAtMidnight NP my man. That disc with Decoy (which is pretty good too) is the same as the one in my set. Lemme know what ya think of CW.
Will do. Look what I found! It's a master list of noir on DVD and Blu-ray with relevant links. www.dvdbeaver.com/film-noir_essential.htm
“Nightmare Alley” superior version on Criterion
SHOCK can be found on Amazon at this moment, also just type in Fox Film Noir to find most of these titles!
Thanks! I think all the ones I need are on Amazon, I just want them cheaply. I'm a thrifty collector, and I haven't paid more than 10 dollars for any of them, even the ones that are out of print. I'm looking for deals, and am willing to be patient to find them. I've been collecting this line for years!
@@CerealAtMidnight I'm a thrifty collector also. I paid less then $10 for most dvds in my collection. Many times I purchase Like New dvds for the discount but if it's a rare movie then $20 is my limit. I have been casually collecting for about 30 years. There is a story behind how I got interested. I don't know if you have done it already but videos highlighting your special (numbered) sets would be nice to see.
Fox was one of the best noir studios! I personally didnt love Vicki or Dangerous crossing- GET DAISY KENYON- awesome film. And Jeanne Crain is pronounced Jean
Wait a second... do you really get comments from people saying they don't watch movies older thab they are? Is that a real thing?
Damn, 75% of what i watch is older than me
Absolutely we do. A lot of young people find things pre-90s to be “old” and plenty of people have also expressed an inability to watch content in black and white. We just try to be patient and steer them toward the first steps of what hopefully can be a life-long exploration.
@@CerealAtMidnight Why would people who don't watch movies older than they are will be interested in your channel, which practically celebrates old movies of all shapes and sizes? I thought this was just for us old geezers who still remember the analog life. :-) Edit: never mind, I saw your response to Joshua below. It's interesting that the new movie reviews attract a completely different audience. Well, if you have made even a single person watch a black and white movie and appreciate it, where they would not have done it otherwise, then you, sir, are a saint.
@@CerealAtMidnight right, i heard the B&W argument often. I still don't understand it, and i'm the kind of guy who tries to understand peoples point of view
I guess it's just about familiarity, more than anything. I think black and white movies are gorgeously shot and bring a whole different aesthetic. I mean, Hitchcock chose to shoot Psycho in black and white when color had long since become the standard for A-pictures from a major studio. But I guess anyone born in 1997 is likely not all that interested in Psycho, and to them, 80s movies feel like they're from a hundred years ago. There's interesting things happening as this new generation comes up, and I think they have to work harder than ever before to get into some of these stuff. They're the streaming generation, and Netflix is not a great resource for classic movies. I think I've mentioned before that I work with a guy who is 24 and considers himself a major movie fan, but he's not familiar with anything before the '90s and really only watches what's on Netflix. Things have changed.
I'm the same age as your coworker and I grew up watching a lot of old movies and tv shows....I mean my favorite tv show as a kid was the dean martin and jerry lewis show if that says anything lol Also into the old western tv shows and movies mainly cause of my grandma being a gigantic western fan! Anywho, I look forward to more of your videos, new subscriber and I hope you release more videos about westerns! Also amazing collection, peace!
Dude, this video is going to cost me so many dollars, and I will totally blame you when my wife gets angry at me.
If your wife gets mad, you can dazzle her with your noir knowledge and she'll be so impressed by your cinematic expertise, she'll immediately forget why she was upset in the fist place.
@@CerealAtMidnight But...noir stories never have that happy of an ending...
Jean Crain...not Jeannie.:)
I knew someone would tell us!
Glad to help! She’s one of my favorite bad good actresses. Check out her last films “Hot Rods to Hell” and “Skyjacked!”.
RIP Fox, Disney will officially destroy another good company.
We will see. It's all speculation, but it seems like Disney wanted Fox's intellectual properties. What they do with the film library is what I think we're all waiting to see. They've already begun vaulting Fox movies that were getting repertory screenings, and have made no forward movement to get Fox's classics on any of the streaming services, let alone on disc again. I will say this: Disney does cooperate with companies like Mill Creek Entertainment for licensing home media. In the last year or so, they've allowed Mill Creek to release some titles that fall outside the traditional Disney umbrella. Maybe they'll start including some Fox classics in those deals.
Dude, stop doing that, at the beginning i was afraid you would drop the pile. You're not good for my heart 😁
As for the fate of the movies... Forget it, Disney will burry them and we'll never see them again. Except the odd ones that will be bought by Kino and the likes
Lol. I can’t resist. But if I were ever to drop them, I certainly would reshoot the intro. Hope that eases your anxiety! And I hope for the best with these movies, but am prepared for the worst. That’s why we buy this stuff, ultimately. So we don’t have to depend on studios, who do not seem to have our best interests in mind.