Out of the Past (1947)
- Directed by
- Jacques Tourneur
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 650 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A former private detective is pulled back into his old life when his past catches up with him. He gets entangled with a dangerous woman and a ruthless gangster.
noirfatalistictensemelancholicdarkatmosphericsuspensefulcomplex
What happens
Out of the Past (billed in the United Kingdom as Build My Gallows High) is a 1947 American film noir by director Jacques Tourneur and starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas. The film was adapted by Geoffrey Homes (Daniel Mainwaring) from his 1946 novel Build My Gallows High (also written as Homes), with uncredited revisions by Frank Fenton and James M. Cain. Out of the Past is considered one of the greatest of all films noir. Its complex, fatalistic storyline, dark cinematography and classic femme fatale garnered the film critical acclaim and cult status. In 1991, the National Film Preservation Board at the Library of Congress selected Out of the Past for preservation to the United States National Film Registry as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” along with 24 other films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Blind Spot (1947)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.