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Tuesday 29 July 2014

Blue as I Do


Night hawkin ; talkin' out of my head
Hometown showdown give me the lowdown
But please don't tell me what you think i said
Give me the feelin i'm on the right track
Catch me a night train i ain't comin back
Blue as I Do
(Kristofferson)
Kris Kristofferson
1978

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Jerry Cook
NY subway 1948

Saturday 26 July 2014

Things Rearrange


                                      Everyday things change
                                      And the world puts on a new face
                                      Certain things rearrange
                                      And this ol' world seems like a new place

                                      Yeah, secretly i've been trailin' you
                                      Like a fox that prays on the rabbit
                                      ......................

The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
(Robinson)
Marvelettes
1966

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Thieves Highway
1949

Tuesday 22 July 2014

To Kill Him


  You don't have to know a man to live with him but you have to know a man like a brother to kill him.

Blast of Silence
1961

reblogged via Deadwomenownme

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Blast of Silence

Monday 21 July 2014

Like a Bitch


            '' Eddie you keep talkin' like a bitch. I'm gonna slap you like a bitch ''.

Mr Blonde
Reservoir Dogs
1992

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MalevolentNate
Deviant Art

Sunday 20 July 2014

No Longer Enough


            .......... the visual rhythms of the game of 'matched draws' called ' tehonbiki ' played here - if not the rules of the game itself, which will elude all but the most specialized audiences - are a central component of the film's mesmeric effect. Arranged to Takemitsu's hypercussive mini symphonies, these scenes draw the viewer even deeper into the vortex of the game's mysteries - just as they do the death-driven Saeko and Muraki, who finally surrender themselves to greater wins, and greater losses, when the thrills of the game are no longer enough.

Chuck Stephens
from
Pale Flower - Loser Takes All
May 2011
From Criterion.com

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Pale Flower
1964

Saturday 19 July 2014

It Dies Hard






                       '' Mostly i just kill time''  he said  ''and it dies hard ''.

Raymond Chandler
The Long Goodbye
1953

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Jersey style photography

Friday 18 July 2014

Find the Girl


                                                           Find the girl

Thursday 17 July 2014

No Clean Getaways


                                               There are no clean getaways.


Monday 14 July 2014

Lasted So Long


        ''We're all cowards'' Coley said ''There's no such thing as courage. There's really only a fear of getting hurt and a fear of dying. That's why the human race has lasted so long ...........''

David Goodis
Dark Passage
1946

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Emiliano Gusovin

More Conversations with the Dead

No Country for Old Men

The Conversation

Odds Against Tomorrow

Mona Lisa

Le Trou

Brining Out the Dead

Sunday 13 July 2014

On Every Street


            On every street in every city, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody.

Taxi Driver

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Serge Gay Jnr

Saturday 12 July 2014

I Don't Want to Borrow


                              I want your love but i don't want to borrow
                              To have it today and give back tomorrow  
                              Your love is my love, there's no love for nobody else 

Love Me or Leave Me
(Donaldson/ Kahn)
Nina Simone

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from Modern Man
reblogged from Shinyboogie via NoirbyNight