Flawed characters... a ticking clock... morally questionable acts on all sides... moody, evocative art... oh yeah, this the stuff crime noir fans… — Christos Gage Copy Share Image
There were some things that I found I really enjoyed singing about; like, on the title track, there's this film-noir character of… — Diana Krall Copy Share Image
But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
You use elements of noir, but you don't want it to be too noir-ish. You don't want it to be advertised as… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
There are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems -… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
Robert Pattinson has the face of a film-noir dupe. It's a face that is searching and open and kind. It's a face… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
“One time, she waddled out and showed Peg her bandages from her last suicide attempt, which invokes sympathy in some, but usually… — David James Keaton Copy Share Image
“Pulling out onto the highway I noticed a stone pillar commemorating the Donner Party. They were a true testament to the American… — Josh Stallings Copy Share Image
In narrative cinema, a certain terminology has already been established: 'film noir,' 'Western,' even 'Spaghetti Western.' When we say 'film noir' we… — Jonas Mekas Copy Share Image
I envied women with signature hair-dos, signature perfumes, signature sign-offs. Novelists who tell Vogue Magazine: “I can’t live without my Smythson notebook,… — Emma Forrest Copy Share Image
“The arctic pavement turned into a whirlwind of viscous blood. The fiery shadows on the metropolitan walls blitzed him, avenging overachievers starved… — Bruce Crown Copy Share Image
CEREMONY OF FLIES hits the road like a nitrous-fueled GTO...and then pulls the ultimate stunt of getting better. What starts as a… — Lisa Morton Copy Share Image
In alchemical treatises, the formula L'Oeuvre au Noir ... designates what is said to be the most difficult phase of the alchemist's… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
“The viewpoint character in each story is usually someone trapped in a living nightmare, but this doesn't guarantee that we and the… — Francis M. Nevins Copy Share Image
“Susan said. “You ought to not forget that whoever you killed last year, there were people you could have killed and didn’t.”… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“I watched the kids walking past us on the sidewalk. They looked pretty much like any other kids. They were dressed for… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“Inevitably, his vision verged toward the fantastic; he published a scattering of stories - most included in this volume - which appeared… — Barry N. Malzberg Copy Share Image
“The remaining chain swung down, he wrenched the door out and he was free. The last thing he heard behind him was… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“Rachel drank some more bourbon. “What I am trying to do,” she said, “is to thank you. And to say it as… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“That pistol I gave you is a piece of crap. You can’t hit anything with it, not at that distance.” Staring at… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
When I pair food and wine, I start with the food. If I have a beautiful roasted bird, I might choose a… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
Blade Runner's just a noir at the end of the day. Rosemary's Baby is about the fear of having a child and… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share Image
“And he's alone there, with the unconscious pilot lying a little way off for company, and some other guy he's never even… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“I’ve just been wandering the streets at night. If I came by a German soldier out alone, I would follow him, shove… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
I think the original Matrix was really incredible. It was so original and it did so many innovative things with film. It… — Gina Gershon Copy Share Image
Like art, love, and pornography, noir is hard to define, but you know it when you see it. For the purposes of… — Otto Penzler Copy Share Image
“I wasn't that good you know. What I was was a guy who could write a little, publishing in magazines surrounded by… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
That was certainly true the first time, when I did Body Heat, the first movie that I directed. I was looking for… — Lawrence Kasdan Copy Share Image
“Ten minutes out of the city I made Hawk stop the car and I threw up on the side of the road.… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“ Conversation between Susan's therapist and Spenser - "And when you find her? Then what?" "Then she will be free again to… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“It's raining in Washington tonight. Plump, warm summer rain that covers the sidewalks with leopard spots. Downtown, elderly ladies carry their houseplants… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
I've been embracing the red lip and just wearing it every day, not just for going out. And I get so many… — Stephanie March Copy Share Image
That's what noir feels like to me. It feels like some kind of recurring dream, with very strong archetypes operating. You know,… — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
“Everyone froze. In real time the whole sequence had probably taken ten seconds. In the slow motion of crisis time it had… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“Human beings shouldn't have to enter such doors, shouldn't have to stay behind them. No moon ever entered there, no stars, no… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
As the tall dark and handsome male star, Carey Grant always stands for male beauty and desirability, whether in a 30s screwball,… — Steven A. Cohen Copy Share Image
“I'm a detective, but nuns could stonewall Sam Spade into an asylum” — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“By doing one wrong thing, I thought I could make everything right.” — Scott B. Smith Copy Share Image
