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Programme 02 · Noir, Uncut
Detour
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
A piano player hitchhikes from New York to Los Angeles and picks up the worst possible passenger. Fate, in this film, is a roadside motel with bad lighting.
Screening note
The cheapest, meanest noir ever made. It moves like a bad decision and never once asks for sympathy.
NoirCrime
“A one-way road with the lights off.”
Public-domain cinema. This prototype does not host or stream the film. A production build would resolve playback through a licensed, region-aware provider.
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