Patter, Part 2: Trivia + Screwball comedies, the 60s, neo-noir, and more‪!‬ Post Script

In this final part of this season on "Patter", Tori quizzes Dávid on the way that gangsters, film noir, and hardboiled detectives speak in movies. They also cover how "screwball" and other types of comedy of the 30s and 40s influenced this style of speaking and how it evolved through the 60s and beyond.

Topics and films mentioned:


The Marx Brothers & Groucho Marx
The Big Sleep, 1946, directed by Howard Hawks
Screwball comedy
His Girl Friday, 1940, directed by ⁠Howard Hawks⁠
Bringing up Baby, 1938, directed by ⁠⁠Howard Hawks⁠⁠
Sweet Smell of Success, 1957, directed by Alexander Mackendrick
Frank Sinatra & The Rat Pack
Neo-Noir
Chinatown, 1974, directed by Roman Polanski
The Godfather, 1972, directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Martin Scorsese
The Pubic Enemy, 1931, directed by William A. Wellman
Scarface, 1932, directed by Howard Hawks⁠
The Maltese Falcon, 1941, directed by John Huston
Double Indemnity, 1944, directed by Billy Wilder
Detour, 1945, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
Kiss of Death, 1947, directed by Henry Hathaway
Pickup on South Street, 1953, directed by Samuel Fuller
Little Caesar, 1931, directed by Mervyn LeRoy

Patter online dictionaries:


"Jargon" from "Loose Shadows Stories"
"The Lingo of Film Noir" from Nancy Friedman