Fragments of Noir

Friday, 2 August 2013

On Set #6

In Cold Blood

Get Carter

Criss Cross

Rumblefish

Raging Bull

Paths of Glory

Sweet Smell of Success

Third Man

Vertigo

Misfits

Birds

Stanley Kubrick

Another lonely night, a nameless town
If sleep don't take me first, you'll come around
'Cause i know i can always count on you
My old friend the blues

My Old Friend the Blues
(Earle)
Steve Earle

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Wayne Miller
1948 Chicago

Blast of Silence - Sean Phillips

illustrations Sean Phillips
from Blast of Silence
Allen Baron 1961

Crying in the Night

'I'm a romantic Bernie. I hear voices crying in the night and i go to see what's the matter. You don't get make a dime that way ............ No percentage in it at all'.

Philip Marlowe

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Shoot to Kill
1947
reblogged from Filmsnoir.com

Thursday, 1 August 2013

A Confidence Game

It's called a confidence game. Why ? Because you give me your confidence ? No. Because i give you mine.

House of Games
David Mamet
1987

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House of Games

Six Feet to Lie Down In

What does a man need - really need ? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in ...............

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Wanderer
Sterling Hayden

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Asphalt Jungle
1950

William Klein

Pastel Noir

In the Mood for Love
Wong Kar Wai
2000

4am of a Bad Night

We are well-advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the minds door at 4am of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends. We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

Joan Didion

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

1968

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Edward Hopper
sketch for figure in Nighthawks
Whitney Museum, New York