“I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun.”
-Raymond Chandler from Farewell, My Lovely
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“I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun.”
-Raymond Chandler from Farewell, My Lovely
May 17, 2007 at 8:34 pm
Noir is filled with these wonderful quotes. You may like the more brutish stylings of Mickey Spillane, or the more stylish Dashiell Hammett. The director of Brick was highly influenced by Hammett.
May 17, 2007 at 8:47 pm
And I really liked Brick.
May 18, 2007 at 11:12 am
Fav noir descriptor: “She had a body like a cloverleaf freeway — built for speed with all the right curves.”