The Postman Always Rings Twice

Yet another classic noir that I had originally seen at Film Forum. I really can't get enough of film noir and would gladly watch one everyday.

This one is hard to beat for pure pulp factor. This film sets the bar high for the luridness of it all. The femme fatale, the drifter, the narration, the world will crush you no matter what you do theme. I love it.

While this film doesn't necessarily have other aspects of some of my favorite noirs like nonstop one liners and tons of darkness and shadows, it has more than enough going for it. Like Lana Turner's legs for one. The drunk driving "accident" for another. Or how about the shifty defense lawyer? Or the nonstop double entendres? This is the film that keeps on giving.

One of my favorite lines:
Cora: It's too bad Nick took the car.
Frank: Even if it was here we couldn't take it, unless we'd want to spend the night in jail. Stealing a man's wife, that's nothing, but stealing a man's car, that's larceny.

Directed by Tay Garnett
1946
TCM