The dark clouds make the black sea. (Les nuages noirs - Font la mer noire)
I guess what's most surprised me in most of the reviews is that they don't seem to get the noir story in the dream sequence, so they analyze it like a straight noir movie.
One difference between film noir and more straightforward crime pictures is that noir is more open to human flaws and likes to embed them in twisty plot lines.
I think there are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems - that's where film noir always hits fertile ground.
An endless scream pierced the frigid night air and shook the world with its rage and sorrow. The aged stone and brick that had withstood the great quake over a hundred years ago now trembled before its pain, and even the austere grimace of the lonely...
He felt that he had always been there, among the apple trees, watching for the woman in the tower to come to her window. Seasons may have passed, years may have grown green on the bough, then withered and fallen, but he would stand there and wait for...
In narrative cinema, a certain terminology has already been established: 'film noir,' 'Western,' even 'Spaghetti Western.' When we say 'film noir' we know what we are talking about. But in non-narrative cinema, we are a little bit lost. So sometimes,...
Jack: Man! That's tasty! Miles Raymond: That's 100% pinot noir. Single vineyard. They don't even make it any more. Jack: Pinot noir? Miles Raymond: Mmm-hmm. Jack: Then how come it's white? Miles Raymond: [laughs] Oh, Jesus. Don't ask questions like t...
It was her favorite story, that she remembers, but she would be hard-pressed to retell it now, faithfully, as it had been told to her. All she could recall were frayed, sleep-watered images of a forgotten castle in the middle of a wild forest, stone ...
Les noirs ont peu de héros, souvent des zéros
Yeah, I was always a big fan of noir.
I'm not Josh Brolin or Ryan Gosling. They're more noir than I.
It's a noir world. Unfair things happen.
I've been a fan of noir films since I was in high school.
I am hoping to film another ad in the summer for Carte Noire.
Je suis noir comme la nuit mais mon courage est plus éclatant que le jour.
Dr. King Schultz: Bonsoir ma petite femme noir.
Every person writes his own book with the example of his life.
I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting!
J'ai des papillons noirs tous les jours (I have black butterflies every day)
But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore.
