Cities Make, Destroy, Infect #4

Get Carter

Pickup on South Street

Reservoir Dogs

Pickpocket

Vertigo

Killers Kiss

Mulholland Falls

He Ran All the Way

Dance with a Stranger

Lost Weekend

Chinatown

Scarlet Street

Took to Their Heels

         At five-thirty the rain began to fall in great heavy drops which bounced off the pavement before they spread into black spots. At the same time thunder rumbled from the direction of Charenton and an eddy of wind lifted the dust, carried away the hats of passers-by who took to their heels and who, after a few confused moments, were all in the shelter of doorways or under the awnings of cafe terraces.

Georges Simenon
L'Enterrement De Monsieur Bouvet
1955

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Roger Schall
Paris circa 30s

More Poster Noir

In the Darkness

          In the darkness things always go away from you. Memory holds you down while regret and sorrow kick the hell out of you. The only help you'll get is a few hard drinks and morning.

James Sallis
The Long-Legged Fly
1992

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Mob City
2013

Teenie Harris

Teenie Harris

4 AM

Hear how lonely the radio is, as it's voice talks on, and on, unanswered ;

Notice how futile is the nickel dropped in the jukebox by a customer

How it's music proves again that one's life is either too humdrum or too exciting, too empty or too full, too this too that

excerpt from

4 AM

Kenneth Fearing

1944

               http://hellinakiss.blogspot.com/2012/06/4-am-by-kenneth-fearing-1902-1961.html

Joe Pesci

Raging Bull

Casino

Public Eye

JFK

A Bronx Tale

Goodfellas

Catchfire

A Good Shepherd

To Have Bad Habits

         I went back to my car again, and sat and sat. The top dripped on my knees and my stomach burned from the whiskey. No more cars came up the hill. No lights went on in the house before which i was parked. It seemed like a nice neighbourhood to have bad habits in.

Raymond Chandler
The Big Sleep
1939

         https://crimereads.com/the-long-goodbye-the-49-best-covers-from-around-the-world/