Hopperesque

Hopperesque

Monday, 18 November 2024

Run this Place



         You ever seen a ghost ? There's this guy. Comes in here. Every May 1st. Every May 1st, every December 1st. Like clock work. What's he want ? Well frankly, i ain't exactly sure. He had the strangest story to tell.He left this here and I keep it for him. How do I know he'll be back ? What's that ? A woman was involved ? Hmm, just fits. I was married once myself. Beautiful girl. By the way  my name is Jim Daurighty. I run this place. His name ? Sure. His name is Jack Grimaldi. Hey, there he is now !

Romeo is Bleeding

Peter Medak - 1993

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Romeo is Bleeding

Sunday, 17 November 2024

Always Starting Over

      There is only one day left, always starting over : it is given to us at dawn and taken away at dusk.

Jean Paul Sartre

Saturday, 16 November 2024

Geoffrey Unsworth

Hell Drivers

Whirlpool (1959)

Tiger in the Smoke

Turn the Key Softly

The Spider and the Fly

The Reckoning

Cabaret

Thursday, 14 November 2024

Half-Heard Voices

        The movie is very dark, filled with shadows and  secrets, and half-heard voices, and scratchy revelations on a clandestine tape recording. Out in the valley where the development is being built, the sunshine is harsh and casts black shadows, and the land is cruel  ..........

Roger Ebgert

on Two Jakes (1990)

Image - Steven Chorney

Wednesday, 13 November 2024

Always Something


      There's always something to do if you don't have to work or consider the cost. It's no real fun but the rich don't know that.

The Long Goodbye
Raymond Chandler
1953

Tuesday, 12 November 2024

Only One I Got


    Here's to the drink habit. It's the only one I got that don't get me into trouble.

Asphalt Jungle

John Huston - 1950

Monday, 11 November 2024

Sunday, 10 November 2024

Even Bad Luck is Some Kind of Luck#137

The Set Up

Hammett

Lady from Shanghai

Atlantic City

Double Indemnity

Vertigo

Fallen Angel

Kalifornia

They Made Me a Fugitive

Body Heat

                                           Dementia

Armee des Ombres

Raging Bull

Friends of Eddie Coyle

Peces Rojos

After Hours

Strangers on a Train

LA Confidential

Saturday, 9 November 2024