Back in the Mojave desert while Vera was napping in the passenger seat. Al had wondered how he'd get rid of Haskell's car and get back to normal life with Sue. Imagining his reunion he said to himself "This nightmare of being a dead man would be over" ...... and precisely on the word "nightmare" Vera's eyes already aimed at Al's face behind her eyelids, suddenly open, and she stares at him like a devil. At this moment Al's life turns into a nightmare beyond his previous imagining. With it's horror story and it's downbeat ending Detour is not trying to comfort anyone. It wants it's audience to feel the logical impact of the anti-social current it senses in postwar life. Al Roberts may be living a nightmare, but there was still time for Americans to reverse course and recover the social harmony they were quickly losing.
Sunday, 31 December 2023
Being a Dead Man
Back in the Mojave desert while Vera was napping in the passenger seat. Al had wondered how he'd get rid of Haskell's car and get back to normal life with Sue. Imagining his reunion he said to himself "This nightmare of being a dead man would be over" ...... and precisely on the word "nightmare" Vera's eyes already aimed at Al's face behind her eyelids, suddenly open, and she stares at him like a devil. At this moment Al's life turns into a nightmare beyond his previous imagining. With it's horror story and it's downbeat ending Detour is not trying to comfort anyone. It wants it's audience to feel the logical impact of the anti-social current it senses in postwar life. Al Roberts may be living a nightmare, but there was still time for Americans to reverse course and recover the social harmony they were quickly losing.
Saturday, 30 December 2023
Friday, 29 December 2023
On Noir Set #28
Killers Kiss
Angel Heart
Asphalt Jungle
Hot Spot
Third Man
Godfather II
Lady from Shanghai
Goodfellas
Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
The Killers (2013)
The Set Up
Carol
Lost Weekend
Killer Inside Me (2010)
Rear Window
Reservoir Dogs
They Shoot Horses Don't They
Shutter Island
Thursday, 28 December 2023
Wish I Never Played
For you i was a flame
Love is a losing game
Five story fire as you came
Love is a losing game
One i wish i never played
Oh what a mess we made
And now, the final frame
Love is a losing game
Love is a losing game
Five story fire as you came
Love is a losing game
One i wish i never played
Oh what a mess we made
And now, the final frame
Love is a losing game
Love is a Losing Game
(Winehouse)
Amy Winehouse
(Winehouse)
Amy Winehouse
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Esther Bubley
Wednesday, 27 December 2023
Tuesday, 26 December 2023
Big Lonely City #213
Chester Higgins
Edward Miller
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Walker Evans
Ernst Haas
FC Gundlach
Jack Delano
unknown
unknown
Fred Stein
George Rodriquez
unknown
unknown
unknown
Kenneth McIntyre
Luc Kordas
unknown
John Duprey
unknown
Mario De Biasi
Marjory Collins
Minor White
Reginald Marsh
Rene Jacques
Roger Viollet
Sam Falk
Sylvian Esstrangle
Rolland Collins
Russell Lee
Vsevolod Tarasevich
Peter Keetman