The long awaited day has finally arrived. The release of Warner's Film Noir Classic Collection: Volume 4 with ten (ten!) movies. 

 

I will get nothing accomplished today. Calling in sick.

 

And....extra bonus, commentary on "Crime Wave" is with noted noir historian Eddie Muller and one of our greatest living writers, James Ellroy.

 

The great Muller has given some of the best tracks I've ever listened to (he made me think seriously that "I Wake Up Screaming" might possibly be the first film noir) but paired with James Ellroy is flat out noir heaven.  That's the first one going into my DVD player.

 

Here are the complete set titles: "Act of Violence,"  "Mystery Street," "Crime Wave," "Decoy," "Illegal," "The Big Steal," "They Live By Night," "Side Street," "Where Danger Lives," and "Tension."

 

I am off to spend quality time with, among many others, Robert Mitchum, Sterling Hayden, Farley Granger, Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, Edward G. Robinson, Van Heflin, Mary Astor, Jane Greer and Cathy O' Donnell.