Film Noir Foundation Video Archives
The Film Noir Foundation Video Archive presents an ever-expanding catalog of noir-related video, ranging from exclusive interviews, to NOIR CITY guest appearances, to short films inspired by film noir. Many of the archive’s playlists are available on YouTube, and may be shared and embedded on other sites. Check back for new videos which will be added regularly.
FEATURED VIDEO
Rhonda Fleming &
Richard Erdman
interviewed by Eddie Muller
The costars of the 1951 noir classic Cry Danger are reunited to celebrate the film’s restoration by the Film Noir Foundation and the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Opening Night of the NOIR CITY: HOLLYWOOD film festival at the Egyptian Theatre, April 2, 2010 (5 parts)
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Harry Belafonte
interviewed by Foster Hirsch
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Odds Against Tomorrow, the legendary actor-entertainer offers an in-depth look into the production of the 1959 film noir classic, which he both starred in and produced. Recorded at the Music Box Theatre, August 1, 2009, during in inaugural NOIR CITY: CHICAGO film festival. (5 parts)
Ernest Borgnine
interviewed by Alan K. Rode
The indefatigable 93-year-old actor recounts much of the majesty and mischief from his long career (including encounters with Robert Siodmak, Spencer Tracy and Burt Lancaster), following a screening of the 1960 crime thriller Pay or Die! at the Arthur Lyon Film Noir Festival in Palm Springs, May 13, 2009. (5 parts)
Paul Schrader
interviewed by Eddie Muller
The veteran writer-director (Taxi Driver, Mishima, Affliction) discusses film noir’s influence on his work, the state of contemporary moviemaking, his guilty pleasures … and writes his own entry in the Film Encyclopedia. Interviewed in New York, December 4, 2007. (6 parts)
Lauren Bacall
interviewed by Eddie Muller
The grand dame discusses some of her favorite films, directors, and her ongoing career in independent films in a conversation with Eddie Muller recorded in New York prior to the release of her 2007 film, The Walker. Edited from a full-length interview screened as part of an American Cinematheque Tribute to the actress. (5 parts)
Coming soon... Coleen Gray
Charismatic Coleen Gray talks with Patrick Francis about contemporary audience's discovery of film noir, her work with Tyrone Power in the celebrated noir classic, Nightmare Alley, and work with directors like Howard Hawks, Stanley Kubrick and Henry Hathaway.
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