Fragments of Noir: May 2018

Thursday, 31 May 2018

Every Sinner ......... 37

Sunset Boulevard

Armee Des Ombres

Friends of Eddie Coyle

Call Northside 777

Mulholland Drive

Asphalt Jungle

Romeo is Bleeding

The Verdict

The Getaway

Killers Kiss

Vertigo

Detour

Farewell My Lovely

Lady from Shanghai

Drive

……. I wonder how many times he rolled the sheet of paper out, read it through, tossed it over his shoulder, lit another cigarette, set a fresh sheet in place and tried again. I wonder if he'd been testing it in his a head a little, after four, four-thirty, those mornings when it was impossible to get back to sleep ? I wonder if he had it all pat from the start ?

excerpt from
Criminal Openings - Dashiell Hammett
John Harvey
2018

https://straight75nochaser.wordpress.com/2018/05/30/criminal-openings-dashiell-hammett/

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Hammett testifying at
McCarthy Hearings 1953

Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Jo King

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Jo King -
Saatchi

In Lonely Rooms

I see (Marlowe) always in a lonely street, in lonely rooms, puzzled but never quite defeated.

Raymond Chandler

Letter to Maurice Guiness

Feb 21st 1959

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The Big Sleep 1946

Tuesday, 29 May 2018

You Can Die

.......... the director deftly adapted his brother Jonathan's short story Memento Mori , the rough translation of which is "remember that you can die". The phrase is Latin in origin and is meant as a reminder/warning that the earthly life is ultimately fleeting.

excerpt reblogged from
The Motel as Memory Free Space
Motel-registrar.com
2016

http://motel-register.com/post/136640978659/memento-film-motel-scenes
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Memento
Christopher Nolan
2000