Quotes by Noir Every novel presents a slice of life. A noir policier for example presents one slice, one that perhaps addresses social dysfunction or some sort of pathology, while mine present a slice that is more upbeat and affirmative. Alexander McCall Smith noir dysfunction example I'm not Josh Brolin or Ryan Gosling. They're more noir than I. Anthony Mackie noir josh Experience has taught me never to trust a policeman. Just when you think one's all right, he turns legit. Ben Maddow noir trust thinking I'm really a sucker for old, old movies. Like old film noir. I don't know. I also really enjoy independent movies. Boti Bliss noir independent film 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 noir numbers thinking The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter. Dashiell Hammett sam-spade noir crooks Noir is where the clarity of moral divisions break down, the black and whites turn into grays. Elliott Colla noir division black-and-white I think the original Matrix was really incredible. It was so original and it did so many innovative things with film. It was a much bigger film. Bound was just a smaller film. It was kind of like an old noir film Gina Gershon noir kind thinking Going back to the noir fiction of the 30s, 40s and 50s. It's very contemporary. Jeff Goldblum noir contemporary fiction I wouldn't presume to define noir - if we could define it, we wouldn't need to use a French word for it - but it seems to me it's more a way of looking at the world than what one sees. Lawrence Block noir use needs Her cooking suggested she had attended the Cordon Noir. Leo Rosten noir women cooking Film noir is not a genre. It is not defined, as are the western and gangster genres, by conventions of setting and conflict, but rather by the more subtle qualities of tone and mood. It is a film 'noir', as opposed to the possible variants of film gray or film off-white. Paul Schrader noir quality white Is there something in druggy subjects that encourages directors to make imitation film noir? Film noir itself becomes an addiction. Pauline Kael noir addiction directors (In) most cop shows, every cop in the squad speaks exactly the same and the same kind of short clipped film noir-ish talk. Rainn Wilson noir squad kind It's a noir world. Unfair things happen. Rob Thomas noir unfair world Yeah, I was always a big fan of noir. Robert Rodriguez noir yeah fans 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. Roger Ebert plot-lines noir differences I pity those born of the lighter side. They have no understanding of how seductive cruelty is. The music made out of screams and pleas for mercy. Mmmm. Nothing better. (Noir) Sherrilyn Kenyon noir seductive understanding Where are we? (Jericho) Noir’s happy place. It’s where he brings the beings he wants to play with. (Asmodeus) Punish. (Jericho) You say ta-mah-to. I say to-mah-to. (Asmodeus) Sherrilyn Kenyon noir want play This is what noir is, what it can be when it stops playing nice--blunt force drama stripped down to the bone, then made to dance across the page. Stephen Graham Jones noir nice drama 12»