Out of the Past or Back to the Future? you decide...

The film "Out of the Past" was my very first Film Noir, and I must say it wasn't what I had expected. I thought that it would have more of a detective that sits behind his desk smoking cigarettes and drinking bourbon until a dame comes through his door asking him to trail her husband...or something like that. Don't get me wrong I liked a lot of things about this film, I liked how it was almost a perfect match with the definition of Film Noir (smooth talking detective, can go almost anywhere, never puts himself in harms way, the femme fatale...and much much more) this was interesting to me because it was so black and white....literally. I liked Jeff's character the most and I think most of the class would agree with me that he is a "badass". Jeff is the typical detective, he smokes he drinks, and gets with the women (he just doesn't sit behind a desk...shoot so close). These are the reasons why we find it hard to resist watching him lay out a man with one punch while simultaneously answering the phone. I really liked this new genre Film Noir, mainly because it is something I have never seen before. I liked the characters seen throughout the film and I hope to find another Film Noir with an even cooler detective...if that's possible, but this next time he has to have his own desk in a smoke filled office.