Monday, May 17, 2010

Wheel of Misfortune



You're tired but won't hit the sack
Ahead lies a road that is black
The past in the mirror
won't get any nearer
It's fate, and there's no turning back


Tom Neal is shadowed by a flashback in Detour (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945). The highway in the opening credits recedes: It's the road left behind, the past that is lost forever. Another Noir Week is thumbing a ride.
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5 comments:

  1. D CairnsMay 18, 2010 at 7:45 PM

    The budget was a far cry from lavish,
    But smartly they hired Anne Savage,
    Her convincing ferocity
    Led to atrocity
    With Tom Neal looking suitably ravaged.

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  2. Norm KnottMay 19, 2010 at 9:50 AM

    A pause
    for applause

    Nice lim, D Cairns

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  3. surly hackMay 20, 2010 at 11:39 AM

    When writing on noir on the cheap
    D. Cairns mines a vein that is deep
    His critical view
    both pithy and true
    is tops on our limerick heap

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  4. D CairnsMay 22, 2010 at 1:16 PM

    Thanks!

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  5. cialisNovember 23, 2010 at 10:47 PM

    Hello, I do not agree with the previous commentator - not so simple

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