The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown

AWARDS?


Le Cercle Rouge didn't win any awards or nominations, but Dark City received a couple. These are some of the most notable:

• Nine (9) OFTA Film Award nominations, including a win for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Picture
• Seven (7) Saturn Award nominations, including a win for Best Science Fiction Film
• Five (5) Fangoria Chainsaw Award nominations, including a win for Best Screenplay
• One (1) National Board of Review Special Recognition for excellence in filmmaking

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Anyone wanna guess?

Oh, what a disaster for my ballot this specific countdown has been!

24. Dark City - I remember seeing this at the movies, and I had a pretty good time. I was excited to see Jennifer Connelly's career continuing strong with her getting good roles. Just a few years later she'd snag one in Requiem for a Dream, which was a huge step forward, and then it was Oscar time for her the year after when she was in A Beautiful Mind. I was also psyched to be watching Richard O'Brien on the big screen - a real rarity. The movie itself is a cool freaky sci-fi take on the whole noir formula. I bow down to the fact that this is actually a very clear neo noir film and as such belongs here more than some of my ballot choices and other dubious choices we've all made together.

23. Le Cercle Rouge - This is a great film. I'm not sure why I didn't include it on my ballot, but first and foremost in my mind was probably the fact that I'd only just seen it before putting my ballot together and I felt I'd need more time and another viewing to be sure of where it would fit in. Jean-Pierre Melville is great, and I also love Alain Delon. At the time of seeing it I said "...it's a moody, great looking film which pulls you into the world it's characters seem destined to inhabit without question, just as they seem destined to meet each other and share their ultimate fate." A very slow paced, deliberate film which lingers on every detail. The ending is red hot. Very much deserves a place on this list.

Seen : 53/78

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If you're a person of a certain age, where you saw Labyrinth when you were young, and are attracted to women, then your life has been one long continuous crush on Jennifer Connelly.

I think both Connelly and Bowie left impressions on a lot of people's minds when they saw the film.

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Hundred percent.

Robert Rossen is one.

no votes. dark city is a good film but i haven't seen it in ages. le cercle rouge i've seen more recently and also think it's very good.

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Iro's Top 100 Movies v3.0

One of the first things I think about when I think about Dark City is Ebert's famous glowing review of the film. I thought this review was an immense credit to the film for awhile...until I read his similarly glowing review of Knowing (another Proyas) film, an interesting effort that was asking some pretty pedestrian philosophical questions, which nevertheless amazed Ebert. So I decided for all his many strengths as a reviewer, he was just really lacking in that department and therefore easily impressed by such things.

I still think Dark City is very good, though. It was 20th on my ballot.