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Lela 2022-05-11 22:17:22
Grumpy Brother
Nicholas Ray's films always focus on men with extremely unstable personalities, such as James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause", such as the middle-aged man in "Higher than Life" who is gradually blackened by the influence of drugs . In this film, Steele, the irritable and down-to-earth screenwriter...
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Isom 2022-05-11 22:26:34
Happily-ever-afters can't mitigate toxic masculinity
There might be a handful of grammatical mistakes but it's too late for me to care...
I genuinely loved watching this film; the experience of which, without any exaggeration, is unprecedented for me in quite some time. It is not the typical Film Noir that is mostly centred around lies,...
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Dixon Steele: Miss Gray, my alibi.
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Dixon Steele: [to black man hosing down the sidewalk in front of the florist shop] Say, do me a favor, will you, pal?
Flower Shop Employee: Yes, sir.
Dixon Steele: I want to send two dozen white roses to a girl.
Flower Shop Employee: Yes, sir. Do you want to write a card?
Dixon Steele: No, there's no card. Her name's Mildred Atkinson.
Flower Shop Employee: Mildred Atkinson. Yes, sir. What's her address?
Dixon Steele: I don't know. Look it up in the papers. She was murdered last night.
Flower Shop Employee: Yes, sir.