Fragments of Noir

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

City Weighing Down

Utter damnation leads to improbable salvation, according to the drama's artificial scheme. The character's breakdown, presented in a vivid noir style, with the city weighing down on him during his long isolated weekend, is far more convincing than his last-minute rehabilitation.

excerpt from

Film Noir : Dark Side of the Screen

Foster Hirsch

1981

http://bernardschopen.tripod.com/weekend.html

Black Coffee

Black Coffee
(Burke/Webster)
Sonny Criss

A Considerable Part

Blind chance plays a considerable part in determining the course of every life within the city's confines.

excerpt from

Review of WR Burnett - Asphalt Jungle

New York Times

Monday, 27 April 2020

Big Lonely City #98

Esther Bubley

B. Jerie

unknown

Fred Bourret

unknown

Andre Kertesz

Leah Frances

unknown

Lennart Nilsson

Brett Weston

David Vestal

unknown

Michael Penn

Paul Himmel

Tony Shi

unknown

Andreas Feininger

Ted Croner

unknown

some images reblogged via

Noirsville.blogspot.com

Hidden Meaning

Memento
Christopher Nolan
2000

https://www.londonscreenwritersfestival.com/assets/Memento-Short-Story-by-Jonathan-Nolan.pdf

More Jean Claude Claeys

Sunday, 26 April 2020

Nick Nolte

Mulholland Falls

Everybody Wins

The Good Thief

Q & A

Affliction

Cape Fear

U Turn

Return to Sender

The Company You Keep

Gangster Squad

Everything You Have

Suicide is the night train, speeding your way to darkness. You won't get there so quick, not by natural means. You buy your ticket and you climb on board. That ticket costs everything you have. But it's just a one-way. This train takes you into the night and leaves you there. It's the night train.

excerpt from
Night Train
Martin Amis
1997
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/906450-night-train