The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown

No to Following, yes to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I thought Fincher did a good job of adapting Stieg Larsson's novel. Leaving out the meticulous financial minutiae of course.

7 of 18.

No and no. I did see the Scandinavian version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I think?

Both are okay movies from directors that have done way better films.

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"Don't be so gloomy. After all it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."

I can’t say I’ve cared much for the second half of Nolan’s career. I’m not interested in puzzling out his overly convoluted films, or even watching them at this point, but I do like his early work, and while Following isn’t perfectly realized, I very much like it. I had it somewhere in the mid teens on my list, making it the third movie of mine to make it.

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I may go back to hating you. It was more fun.

I enjoyed Dragon Tattoo plenty and would like to watch it again.

Not familiar with Following.

AWARDS?


Following received the following nominations and awards:

• Two (2) Dinard British Film Festival Award nominations, including the Silver Hitchcock Award (Christopher Nolan)
• Two (2) Slamdance Film Festival Award nominations, including the Black & White Award (Nolan)
• Two (2) Newport International Film Festival Award nominations, including a win for Best Director Award (Nolan)
• Rotterdam International Film Festival Tiger Award (Nolan)

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AWARDS?


The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo received the following nominations and awards:

• Five (5) Academy Award nominations, including a win for Best Editing (Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter)
• Two (2) Saturn Award nominations, including a win for Best Horror/Thriller Film
• Two (2) BAFTA Award nominations for Best Cinematography and Score
• Two (2) Critics Choice Award nominations, including a win for Best Editing (Wall and Baxter)
• Two (2) Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Performance by a Lead Actress (Rooney Mara)

How ironic that I've seen one of the film noir reveals today, but neither of the neo noir ones. I didn't even know about Christopher Nolan's Following. I got onboard with Memento and never considered any earlier stations. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - well, I can't even consider watching the Fincher version after seeing the Swedish version. Noomi Rapace is Lisbeth Salander, and that's all I have to say about that.

Seen : 10/18
Heard of : 14/18

Still nothing from my list

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no votes. i've rewatched dragon tattoo since i wrote that review and think it would probably be in the top half of a fincher ranking if i got around to making one. i started a nolan rewatch in reverse (temporal pincer movement) after oppenheimer but it stalled out before i got to following, but i still think i would like it a second time around.

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