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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.



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

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

In Part 1 (of 2) of this season on "Patter", Tori and Dávid discuss the way that gangsters, hardboiled detectives, and tough guys talk in the movies of the 30s, 40s, and 50s, and how it changed over time.

Topics and films mentioned:


Little Caesar, 1931, directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Scarface, 1932, directed by Howard Hawks
The Maltese Falcon, 1941, directed by John Huston
The Big Sleep, 1946, directed by Howard Hawks
Pickup on South Street, 1953, directed by Samuel Fuller
The Public Enemy, 1931, directed by William A. Wellman
Frank Sinatra & The Rat Pack
The Hays Code (The Motion Picture Production Code) - Original Text
Martin Scorsese
Double Indemnity, 1944, directed by Billy Wilder
⁠Leslie Nielsen⁠ & ⁠The Naked Gun⁠, 1988
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, 1982, directed by Carl Reiner
The Cheap Detective, 1978, directed by Robert Moore
Murder by Death, 1976, directed by Robert Moore
Philip Marlowe
Film Noir & Hardboiled
48 Hrs., 1982, directed by Walter Hill
Die Hard, 1988, directed by John McTiernan
Lethal Weapon, 1987, directed by Richard Donner
Dirty Harry, 1971, directed by Don Siegel
WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant)
Arnold Schwarzenegger, (Quote is from Commando)
Raymond Chandler & Dashiell Hammett
Columbo, TV Series, 1971-1978
Chinatown, 1974, directed by Roman Polanski
Murder, My Sweet, 1944, directed by Edward Dmytryk
Detour, 1945, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer

In Part 4, the last part of this season on Act 1, Tori and Dávid discuss unusual Act 1 structures that don't follow the standard Hero's Journey.

Topics and films mentioned:


Barbarella, 1968, directed by Roger Vadim
A Serious Man, 2009, directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Taxi Driver, 1976, directed by Martin Scorsese
Dancer in the Dark, 2000, directed by Lars von Trier
The Lighthouse, 2019, directed by Robert Eggers
Do the Right Thing, 1989, directed by Spike Lee
One Day, 2018, directed by Zsófia Szilágyi
The Thing, 1982, directed by John Carpenter
Die Hard, 1988, directed by John McTiernan
Star Wars, 1977, directed by George Lucas
Triangle of Sadness, 2022, directed by Ruben Östlund
The Florida Project, 2017, directed by Sean Baker
The Hunt, 2012, directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Cléo from 5 to 7, 1962, directed by Agnès Varda
Daisies, 1966, directed by Věra Chytilová
Fargo, 1996, directed by Joel Coen

In Part 3 of this season on Act 1, Tori and Dávid dunk on bad Act 1s and talk about why they fail so hard.

Topics and films mentioned:


The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring⁠, 2001, directed by ⁠Peter Jackson
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, 2012, directed by ⁠⁠Peter Jackson⁠
Star Wars prequels, 1999-2005, directed by George Lucas
Rebecca, 1940, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Rebecca, 2020, directed by Ben Wheatley
A Field in England⁠, High Rise, and Free Fire directed by ⁠Ben Wheatley

In Part 2 of this season on Act 1, Tori and Dávid discuss how a voiceover can help or hurt Act 1 of a movie.

Topics and films mentioned:


The Matrix⁠, 1999, directed by ⁠The Wachowski's
Die Hard: With a Vengeance, 1995, directed by John McTiernan
Christopher Nolan's "Batman movies" (The Dark Knight) and Inception
Ghostbusters, 1984, directed by Ivan Reitman
Rambo: First Blood⁠, 1982, directed by ⁠Ted Kotcheff
"The Rambo where he fights the Russians" = Rocky IV (not a Rambo movie)
Double Indemnity, 1944, directed by Billy Wilder
Singing in the Rain, 1952, directed by Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Sunset Boulevard, 1950, directed by Billy Wilder⁠
The Big Lebowski, 1998, directed by Joel Coen, written by Ethan Coen
The Muppet Christmas Carol, 1992, directed by Brian Henson
American Beauty, 1999, directed by Sam Mendes
Palmetto, 1998, directed by Volker Schlöndorff
Stranger Than Fiction, 2006, directed by Marc Forster
Casino, 1995, directed by  Martin Scorsese
Goodfellas⁠, 1990, directed by ⁠Martin Scorsese
Blade Runner, 1982, directed by Ridley Scott
"Neo Noir" genre
"Breaking the fourth wall"
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, 1986, directed by John Hughes
The Big Short, 2015, directed by Adam McKay
High Fidelity, 2000, directed by Stephen Frears
Risky Business, 1983, directed by Paul Brickman
Alfie, 1966, directed by Lewis Gilbert
Annie Hall, 1977, directed by Woody Allen
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, 1983, directed by Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Citizen Kane, 1941, directed by Orson Welles
Casablanca, 1942, directed by Michael Curtiz
Wayne's World, 1992, directed by Penelope Spheeris

In Part 1 of this season on Act 1, Tori and Dávid discuss the basics of Act 1 structure and begin to identify what makes a good or bad Act 1 of a movie.

Topics and films mentioned:


The Hero's Journey story structure, popularized by Joseph Campbell's book "The Hero with a Thousand Faces"
A Field in England, 2013, directed by Ben Wheatley
Mulholland Drive, 2001, directed by David Lynch
Night on Earth, 1991, directed by Jim Jarmusch
The Matrix, 1999, directed by The Wachowski's
Star Wars, 1977, directed by George Lucas
Fight Club, 1999, directed by David Fincher
Jurassic Park, 1993, directed by Steven Spielberg
"Endings: The Good, The Bad, and The Insanely Great", written by Michael Arndt
Rambo: First Blood, 1982, directed by Ted Kotcheff
Goodfellas, 1990, directed by Martin Scorsese
Don't Worry Darling, 2022, directed by Olivia Wilde
The Hunt for Red October, 1990, directed by John McTiernan
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll
My Neighbor Totoro, 1988, directed by Hayao Miyazaki
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 2001, directed by Peter Jackson
Pulp Fiction, 1994, directed by Quentin Tarantino
Reservoir Dogs, 1992, directed by Quentin Tarantino