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Film Noir

Film Noir

Mystery · Animation · Crime · 2007

Private detective Sam Ruben's clever plan falls apart with the onset of amnesia. Everyone is trying to kill him and he doesn't know why. The classic film noir milieu now comes to you in the form of an animated feature.

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Film Noir

2007 Mystery · Animation · Crime 1h 37m

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6.0 / 10

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Private detective Sam Ruben's clever plan falls apart with the onset of amnesia. Everyone is trying to kill him and he doesn't know why. The classic film noir milieu now comes to you in the form of an animated feature.

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Directed by

D. Jud Jones · Risto Topaloski

Written by

D. Jud Jones

Mark Keller

Mark Keller

Hero / Sam (voice)

Bettina Devin

Bettina Devin

Angela / Stripper / Mrs. Lopes / Police Dispatcher (voice)

Roger L. Jackson

Roger L. Jackson

Detective Riley / Dr. Kaplanski / Bearded Man / Honest George / Dr. Barnes / Bank Manager / DaVinci / TV Reporter / Krumb / Pilot / Policeman 1 / Policeman 2 (voice)

Jeff Atik

Jeff Atik

Randall Stern / Doorman / Goon / Teller (voice)

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Put Film Noir on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.