Re: [Videolib] name that film noir
A "real" noir or neo? Blood Simple Spare, stylish, and totally satisfying, from the retro opening credit sequence where the windshield wipers "wash away" the text to the startling but not unexpected conclusion. > Dear Collective Memory, > > I am trying to find the title to a film that begins with the camera > inside a car on a dark and stormy night. The headlights are on and > the windshield wipers "wipe" the opening credits on and off the > screen. I can picture it but cannot recall the film. It's not Kiss Me > Deadly where the characters are in the car with the camera behind > them, pointing at the windshield and the credits rolling a la Stars Wars. > > Any thoughts? > > Oksana > > O. Dykyj > Concordia University > Montreal, Canada > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] name that film noir
It appears to fit the bill, but I was thinking black and white. Still, the names are wiped off by the wipers. Perhaps there are more films using this approach and Blood Simple is referencing an earlier film? Thanks Dusty for getting me more deeply involved in the search! Oksana At 03:20 PM 24/02/2011, you wrote: >Blood Simple? > >Dusty Haller > >Dorcas Haller >Professor/Librarian/Department Chair >Community College of Rhode Island Library >1 Hilton Street, Providence, RI 02905 >phone: 401-455-6085 fax: 401-455-6087 >-LOOK IT UP!-- > > > >-Original Message- >From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu >[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Oksana Dykyj >Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 3:07 PM >To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu >Subject: [Videolib] name that film noir > >Dear Collective Memory, > >I am trying to find the title to a film that begins with the camera >inside a car on a dark and stormy night. The headlights are on and >the windshield wipers "wipe" the opening credits on and off the >screen. I can picture it but cannot recall the film. It's not Kiss Me >Deadly where the characters are in the car with the camera behind >them, pointing at the windshield and the credits rolling a la Stars Wars. > >Any thoughts? > >Oksana > >O. Dykyj >Concordia University >Montreal, Canada > > >VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >issues relating to the selection, evaluation, >acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current >and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It >is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for >video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between >libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. > >VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >issues relating to the selection, evaluation, >acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current >and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It >is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for >video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between >libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] name that film noir
The Coen Brothers' neo-noir Blood Simple opens that way--could that be the film you're thinking of...? Michael Logan Acquisitions & Technical Services Humboldt County Library (707) 269-1962 -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Oksana Dykyj Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 12:07 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] name that film noir Dear Collective Memory, I am trying to find the title to a film that begins with the camera inside a car on a dark and stormy night. The headlights are on and the windshield wipers "wipe" the opening credits on and off the screen. I can picture it but cannot recall the film. It's not Kiss Me Deadly where the characters are in the car with the camera behind them, pointing at the windshield and the credits rolling a la Stars Wars. Any thoughts? Oksana O. Dykyj Concordia University Montreal, Canada VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] name that film noir
Blood Simple? Dusty Haller Dorcas Haller Professor/Librarian/Department Chair Community College of Rhode Island Library 1 Hilton Street, Providence, RI 02905 phone: 401-455-6085 fax: 401-455-6087 -LOOK IT UP!-- -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Oksana Dykyj Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 3:07 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] name that film noir Dear Collective Memory, I am trying to find the title to a film that begins with the camera inside a car on a dark and stormy night. The headlights are on and the windshield wipers "wipe" the opening credits on and off the screen. I can picture it but cannot recall the film. It's not Kiss Me Deadly where the characters are in the car with the camera behind them, pointing at the windshield and the credits rolling a la Stars Wars. Any thoughts? Oksana O. Dykyj Concordia University Montreal, Canada VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
