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Dead Women Own Me
“Here’s what film noir is to me: it’s a righteous, generically American film movement that went from 1945 to 1958 and exposited one great theme. And that theme is, you’re fucked.”
— James Ellroy
i can’t stop laughing.
Crime Wave (1954)
Ellen Lacey: But you haven’t done anything! You’re innocent!
Steve Lacey: Once you do a stretch, you’re never clean again! You’re never free! They’ve always got a string on you, and they tug, tug, tug! Before you know it, you’re back again!
Julie Newmar Catwoman. Painted by me this week with gouache on watercolor paper
(via arcaneimages)
My favorite actor.
(via jamescagneylove)
Gun Crazy (1950)
Annie Laurie Starr: Let’s go for a walk on the beach.
Bart: I just read an article about funerals
“All you need for a movie is a girl and a gun.” — Jean-Luc Godard
(Source: oldhollywood, via bunnyatplay)
The Long GoodBye (1973)
Roger Wade: I tell you what we’re gonna do, Marlboro. You’re gonna take that goddamn J.C. Penney tie off and we’re gonna have an old fashioned man to man drinking party.
Philip Marlowe: Well, that’s okay but I’m not taking off the tie.
Weird little gem of a movie. All genre, no story. Loved it. Based on what I’ve read of and by Sterling Hayden, he wasn’t acting…
True Confessions (1985)
If you ever want to watch a goodmovie based on the Black Dahlia, here’s one to check out.
