Hardboiled Blu-ray Hard Boiled Radiance Choice of Arms Police Python 357
Looking for a lethal combination of classic noir and 70s grit? Introducing Radiance Film's Limited Edition 3-Disc Blu-ray collection for Hardboiled: Three Pulp Thrillers by Alain Corneau, which includes 1976's Police Python 357, 1979's Série noire and 1981's Choice of Arms. The hardboiled genre of crime fiction evolved from the mystery crime novels of the early 20th century - closely associated with the US pulp magazines, these cynical and unsentimental stories of desperate criminals and social corruption were both influenced by and an influence on the golden era of film noir. As their popularity waned in the US, the hardboiled genre remained hugely popular and relevant throughout the 1960s and 70s in France, thanks to the successful Serie Noire imprint and a succession of new translations. In Alain Corneau’s early films, he sought to continue the noir tradition in his native France, and was both directly and indirectly inspired by titans of hardboiled genre, including Kenneth Fearing