Extended Reading
  • 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...

  • 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...

    The Farewell

    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,...

In a Lonely Place quotes

  • Dixon Steele: [as Mel enters the house he intoduces him to Laurel] Oh, come in. Mr. Lippman, my agent.

    [he introduces Laurel to Mel]

    Dixon Steele: Miss Gray, my alibi.

  • 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.