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Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

In no particular order, the 4 greatest noirs are: Out of the Past, The Clock, Double Indemnity and Kiss Me Deadly. I know, I know, I'm skipping over Casablanca and some others, but these 4 are great because they are still rare enough they haven't been burned into our memory bank to risk boredom or parody. Each scene in OOTP is worth savoring, like a memory of a favorite vacation with your wife or girlfriend when you were young.Take the scene where Jeff (an odd name for Mitchum, but ok) is packing to leave, and is going to meet Kathy, when Whit (Kirk D.) shows up with his goons. Even though you know it's a movie, you are scared to death of Kathy knocking on the door and Whit realizing Jeff has lied to him about finding Kathy. The tension is agonizing, and yet it doesn't come from violence, it comes from our own fear of circumstances beyond our control revealing to others that we have lied about something. Powerful, powerful stuff.The movie has a little bit of corny dialogue, and there is some storyline confusion, but really, not much. Just lie back, eat your popcorn, and realize this movie is going to take you on the ride of your life.

Out of the Past is as film noir as it gets. It's story is dark, told with the help of plenty of flashbacks, betrayals happen left and right, we've got a femme fatale to lead the main man astray, and lots of death. The story is one of deceit, and it's a good one at that. Robert Mitchum's Jeff Bailey, Jane Greer's Kathie Moffat and Kirk Douglas' Whit Sterling are a fantastic trio here. Jeff is a likable lead and Kathie is the aforementioned femme fatale seductress. The story centers around them for the most part, occasionally going back to the present with Jeff and his current girlfriend. Something I really enjoyed from this film was how deep the stories were in both the past and present segments. Typically with these noir films you get a lengthy trip to the past with a less than substantial present segment that's usually there as a set up for the past story to be told. But here you get a good mix of both, with the past taking up the beginning of the film and the present drama taking up the latter half. Of course, the film doesn't really end well for anybody, but I applaud it for sticking to its dark tone. Whit Sterling doesn't appear very often, but when he does he steals the show. He has a great presence about him and his inclusion in the film makes sense (he's usually the one setting anything in motion). I also enjoyed the conclusion with Anne, where The Kid lies to her saying that Jeff had been planning to leave with Kathie the whole time. It's a nice end for the character and it makes The Kid; who definitely has his share of moments throughout the film, feel a little more fleshed out and complex. The cinematography here is also great. Shadows fill scenes and you feel their presence in almost every frame. Cuts are clean and keep up with continuity from previous shots, although I did notice some minor adjustments here and there for one scene, but it wasn't bad. As I said in the beginning, Out of the Past is a pure noir film. It follows practically every trope in the genre, but it handles them extremely well and tells an interesting story that doesn't get stale. It's characters are fleshed out and believable, and every death is meaningful. Definitely worth your time.

Out of the Past is considered to be one of the best film noirs in movie history and for good reason. The multi layered plot mixed with the dark and suspenseful mood that Director Jacques Tourneur is famous for really set the tone for this fantastic film. The story has every theme you'd expect from a film noir like betrayal and corruption all within a morally ambiguous atmosphere. Centered around a love triangle with a extraordinary femme fatale played by Jane Greer you are left on the edge of your seat trying to figure out everything going on.

I thought the movie Out of the Past was a a pretty great movie for the time it was made in. I thought that the sounds and various tempos, and moods helped this movie to be an intriguing movie.I thought the people playing the characters in this movie were very good.It seems as though the cast worked together pretty well. Every character interacted with one another. This helped the movie with its very dramatic scenes. Jane Greer as Kathie Moffat was a very interesting character because she had all of the men falling for her. It was like she had them all wrapped around her finger.The movie has a very dramatic mood in my opinion, and that made it interesting to watch in my opinion. The director ( Jacques Tourneur) used great camera shots. The shot where the trees in the forest, to the shots of San Francisco were full of shadows at night. The cinematography of Nicholas Musuraca is amazing. I thought it was crazy that most of the characters were smoking. It showed that they were scene as tough in my opinion. Its weird to think that most movies now that are made do not show anyone smoking. It just shows how different a few decades can make a difference.Overall, I thought this movie was good. I would rate it a 7/10.