Hopperesque

Hopperesque

Sunday, 24 November 2024

Saturday, 23 November 2024

Invade the Self



         But there were too many points at which the other self could invade the self he wanted to preserve, and there were too many forms of invasion ..........

Strangers on a Train

Patricia Highsmith - 1950

Lucas DeShazer








Friday, 22 November 2024

Life in the Shadows #44

The Wrong Man

Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

Third Man

Vertigo

Sunset Boulevard 

Blade Runner

Killers Kiss

LA Confidential

Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

Donnie Brasco

Reservoir Dogs

Narrow Margin (1952)

Armee Des Ombres

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Man Who Wasn't There

The Offence

Double Indemnity

Mob City

Thursday, 21 November 2024

Buildings He Would Pass

         It needed sterner measures now ; he even tried on occasion to plan in his head a walk through a European city - to record the shops and buildings he would pass, for instance, in Berne a walk from the Munster to the university. But despite such energetic mental exercise,the ghosts of time present would intrude and drive his dreams away.

John Le Carre

Call for the Dead - 1961

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

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Edward Hopper Gas (detail)

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