"She was shot dead, in cold blood" he said bitterly. I could see we were in for a long night. I got out my cigarettes.
March Violets
Phillip Kerr
1989
http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=50654
Hopperesque
Monday, 6 April 2020
A Long Night
"She was shot dead, in cold blood" he said bitterly. I could see we were in for a long night. I got out my cigarettes.
March Violets
Phillip Kerr
1989
http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=50654
Sunday, 5 April 2020
By Being Dumb
You can get in just as much trouble by being dumb and innocent as you can by breaking the law.
Billie Holiday
Just Work At It
For two people in a hundred marriage is wonderful. The rest just work at it. after twenty years all the guy has left is a workbench in the garage.
The Long Goodbye
Raymond Chandler
1953
Awake or Asleep
My cigarette burns me, i wake with a start
My hand isn't hurt, but there's pain in my heart
Awake or asleep, ev'ry mem'ry i'll keep
Deep in a dream of you
Deep in a Dream
(Van Heusen/De Lange)
Chet Baker
William Claxton
Chet Baker & Russ Freeman
1954
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/chet-baker-my-druggy-valentine-189757.html
Saturday, 4 April 2020
Death of a Cyclist
Juan Antonio Bardem
1955
http://www.culturecourt.com/F/Latin/Death_of_a_Cyclist.htm
From a Gutter
Cab drivers are night-riding denizens of the first order. They view wretched foibles from a gutter perspective.
The Cold Six Thousand
James Ellroy
2001
Even Bad Luck is Some Kind of Luck #13
Rear Window
Act of Violence
Chinatown
Body and Soul
Drive
Killers Kiss
Croupier
Nightmare Alley
Grifters
Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Heat
Brute Force
Le Samourai
Strangers on a Train
LA Confidential
Lost Weekend
Un Flic
The Man Who Wasn't There
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
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