Hopperesque

Hopperesque

Saturday 26 January 2013

Carny Noir


             Like most carny folk i don't like people as people but only as marks. Somebody you can trim for a dime, a buck or a bundle. If you break them down and feed them to me one by one, then maybe there will be a few i like as individuals. But not when they flow past you like bawling cattle. Who needs a stampede ?

Carny Kill
Robert Edmond Alter
1966

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Nightmare Alley 1947

2 comments:

  1. One of the greatest noirs, Tyrone Power is amazing.

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  2. Yeah it was a role he chose against type but the original book upon which the movie was based and Alter's book that's quoted here use the setting to great effect

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