The Coen Brothers' Blood Simple could surely be thought of as Texas noir.
Nothing worse than a monster who thinks he's right with God.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Ginger - Apr 08, 2006 7:04:50 pm PDT #322 of 28061
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
beth b - Apr 08, 2006 7:10:24 pm PDT #323 of 28061
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I just finished already Dead by charlie HUston
Vampires. Noir. NYC, but with a whiff on New Orleans .
DavidS - Apr 08, 2006 10:05:39 pm PDT #324 of 28061
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
happy now?
Because I crushed your spirit? Yes. But only because it's the noir thing to do.
Now go Netflix Detour. And make sure you get the original from the 40s.
erikaj - Apr 09, 2006 9:27:44 am PDT #325 of 28061
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)
Kinda like fish in a barrell, wasn't it? I wouldn't go feeling like a heavy or anything, Hec. It was at least dented before you got here.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 10, 2006 3:11:46 am PDT #326 of 28061
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Bit of DETOUR trivia: the lead actor, Tom Neal, later went to prison for 10 years for the "involuntary manslaughter" - interesting term for a .45 slug to the back of the head - of his wife. [link]
sarameg - Apr 10, 2006 6:53:21 am PDT #327 of 28061
There's an anthology coming out next month called "Baltimore Noir"
It's out now! I bought it for mom at Atomic Books this weekend.
meara - Apr 10, 2006 3:32:17 pm PDT #328 of 28061
Question--is there any way to put together a list of authors and be notified when they have a new book out/coming out? Amazon suprisingly doesn't seem to be able to do this (or maybe I'm just a moron who can't get to the right help file). You'd think it would be easy enough, but...
Ginger - Apr 10, 2006 5:34:29 pm PDT #329 of 28061
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
meara, on Amazon, go into Your Account, then look under E-Mail Notifications for "Manage your Amazon.com Alerts."
meara - Apr 10, 2006 5:38:08 pm PDT #330 of 28061
Ah, I see. It's still not quite as intuitive/easy as you'd think, but I guess it'll do what I want! Thanks! Dunno why I couldn't find that one when I was looking at work earlier.
Typo Boy - Apr 10, 2006 7:10:34 pm PDT #331 of 28061
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I always thought the Amazon interface sucked.