Out of the Past: Investigating Film Noir
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
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 63
- Years Active
- 2004 - 2015
Noircast Special 4: TCM Presents Into the Darkness: Investigating Film Noir
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 multim…
01:20:32 |
Thu 04 Jun 2015
Episode 53: Out of the Past Act II
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 o…
00:45:54 |
Thu 24 Nov 2011
Episode 52: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (with Scott McGee)
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 t…
00:43:46 |
Sat 15 Oct 2011
Episode 51: L.A. Noire
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 …
00:37:51 |
Tue 16 Aug 2011
Episode 50: The Blue Dahlia
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 ci…
00:42:34 |
Sun 08 Nov 2009
Episode 49: Bande à part (with Dr. Jeffrey Peters)
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 …
00:36:36 |
Mon 24 Aug 2009
Episode 48: In a Lonely Place (with Megan Abbott)
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 WA…
00:50:58 |
Sat 27 Dec 2008
Episode 47: Bob Le Flambeur (with Howard Rodman and Mike White)
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 US…
00:38:59 |
Tue 12 Aug 2008
Episode 46: Thieves Highway (with Eddie Muller)
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. Wi…
00:52:36 |
Wed 18 Jun 2008
Episode 45: Force of Evil
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 cr…
00:48:14 |
Tue 11 Mar 2008
Episode 44: Brick
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 c…
00:39:44 |
Tue 05 Feb 2008
Episode 43: They Live By Night
THEY LIVE BY NIGHT is film noir at its best. Edward Anderson's little-known hard-boiled rural bandit novel is made into a screenplay as lean as the post-war dreams of its players. The shifty camera f…
00:34:34 |
Fri 04 Jan 2008
Episode 42: The Ice Harvest
This special episode of OUT OF THE PAST is full of holiday surprises. Clute and Edwards investigate the 2005 neo-noir Christmas comedy THE ICE HARVEST, then speak with Scott Phillips, author of the 2…
01:06:11 |
Wed 05 Dec 2007
Episode 41: The Glass Key and Miller's Crossing
Stuart Heisler's 1942 film THE GLASS KEY retained the personages and major plot twists of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel by the same name, but wiped the grim off the original tale. By cleaning up the …
01:05:51 |
Sat 10 Nov 2007
Episode 40: Gilda
Rita Hayworth is GILDA. From the flip of her fiery hair to the reprise of her incendiary song, she sizzles the celluloid and burns herself indelibly into our collective consciousness. In fact, her pr…
00:38:28 |
Mon 08 Oct 2007
Episode 39: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Shane Black's 2005 KISS KISS BANG BANG is a film of delirious contradictions. It is part comedy, part tragedy, a bawdy pulp parody and a heartfelt hardboiled homage. The mix would be too eclectic i…
00:35:26 |
Sat 01 Sep 2007
Episode 38: I Wake Up Screaming
I Wake Up Screaming was produced concurrently with The Maltese Falcon and released shortly after, and thus stands as one of the earliest examples of noir. The Maltese Falcon is the more uniform achie…
00:38:04 |
Fri 03 Aug 2007
Episode 37: Body Heat
With its throwback hardboiled script and careful restaging of iconic noir shots, Lawrence Kasdan's 1981 BODY HEAT is a noteworthy neo-noir. However, it is no mere nostalgia piece, but rather a daring…
00:34:01 |
Fri 06 Jul 2007
Episode 36: His Kind of Woman
"His Kind Of Woman" makes viewers aware of what they expect from noir by disappointing their expectations. The film moves quickly from the down and out digs of gambler Dan Milner (Mitchum) to a sunba…
00:35:51 |
Wed 13 Jun 2007
Noircast Special 2: Alternative Noir Publications
The "Noircast Special" podcasts allow Clute and Edwards to address topics of interest to listeners of "Out of the Past" and "Behind the Black Mask." This episode features interviews with the creators…
00:56:59 |
Fri 18 May 2007
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