Noir Aesthetic Quotes

We went all dark and grimy for 'Riverdale.'

I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting!

I always loved when James Stewart did roles that were not so dialogue-based, like 'Vertigo.'

I think a film noir demands a beginning and an end.

So I grew up watching film noir, you know the classic stuff. William Holden, Richard Widmark, Robert Mitchum, all those.

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)

Old film-noir movies. There's something comforting about watching black-and-white movies, and hearing this kind of music just puts me in a fantasy world. It's a really great escape for me.

I love film noir, so Billy Wilder is like my favorite director of all time.

I've been a fan of noir films since I was in high school.

That was certainly true the first time, when I did Body Heat, the first movie that I directed. I was looking for a vessel to tell a certain kind of story, and I was a huge fan of Film Noir, and what I liked about it was that it was so extreme in style.

I was influenced by American movies of the '60s and '70s, especially Don Siegel's 'Dirty Harry' and the films of Sam Peckinpah. And, of course, a lot of the film noir movies of the '40s.

My aesthetic is very black.

I make M-rated games for adults, you know, with guys wearing sunglasses at night and trench coats.

I'm not Josh Brolin or Ryan Gosling. They're more noir than I.