Fragments of Noir

We never get accustomed to being less important to other people than they are to us. Graham Greene The Third Man 1949 image Der Dritte Mann ...

Chinatown Roman Polanski 1974

       I can entertain the proposition that life is a metaphor for boxing - for one of those bouts that go on and on, round following round,...

        What designates Glengarry Glen Ross as an atypical Noir is it's commitment to defining characteristics of Noir as opposed to the...

                       The only point in making money is you can tell some big shot where to go. Humphrey Bogart image Tag Christof

Blood Simple Valley of Elah Asphalt Jungle Barton Fink Shock Corridor Body Heat Double Indemnity Memento Hidden Room (Obsession) Rope On the...

  It Never Entered My Mind (Rodgers/Hart) Peggy Lee

Asphalt Jungle Odds Against Tomorrow Crash (1996) De Gens Sans Importance Psycho Hoffa Les Diaboliques Raging Bull Barton Fink In Cold Blood...

  The hands of the guilty don't necessarily tremble; only in stories does a dropped glass betray agitation. Graham Greene Third Man 1948

Les Diaboliques Reign of Terror (Black Book) Night of the Hunter The Others The Suspect (1944) Angel Heart Carnival of Souls Dr Jekyll and M...