Hopperesque

Hopperesque

Friday 30 November 2018

Mosaic Noir #92

Reckless Moment

Postman Always Rings Twice

Rififi

Blood Simple

Pale Flower

Kill Me Again

Bob Le Flambeur

No Country for Old Men

Caught

Deadly Affair


Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Crime Wave

Armee Des Ombres

Secret Beyond the Door

Upon Your Soul


With a throat of brass, the jukebox eats live nickels raw
It can turn itself on or shut itself off
It has no hangovers, knows no regrets, and it never feels the need for sleep
Can you do that ?
What can you do that a jukebox can't, and do it ten times better than you

And it hammers at your nerves, and stabs you in the heart, and beats upon your soul -
but can you do that to the box ?

King Juke
Kenneth Fearing
1943

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Wednesday 28 November 2018

Just the Same


         There was no way to kiss her like a good boy. You could start up that way, but you always ended up on the other side of the tracks. If you hated her it didn't make any difference ; it worked just the same.

Charles Williams

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Dan Goozee
1953

Dark Stairway #3

Double Indemnity

Desperate

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Stranger on the Third Floor

 Get Carter

Out of the Past

Millers Crossing

Force of Evil

Brighton Rock

The Sniper

Rear Window

 Lost Weekend

Body Heat

The Window