Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

One of the most practical applications of modern deepfake technology is in its ability to resurrect old film stars and make them appear seamlessly as characters in new, modern films. Similar feats were, however, achieved even before the advent of CGI with more primitive techniques, and one such example could be found in *Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid*, 1982 film noir parody directed by Carl Reiner. The protagonist, play…

Two *Insomniac Film Festival*’s in one day! First Krull and now this. # We’re through the looking glass people! In 1982, Carl Reiner and Steve Martin made Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid with a cavalcade of stars of the golden era of film noir, including Humphrey Bogart and Barbara Stanwyck. It’s a parody of the film noir era, shot in black and white and careful intercut editing of Martin with the noir performers and thei…