Noir Visuals Quotes

We went all dark and grimy for 'Riverdale.'

With 'The Big Lebowski,' we were really consciously thinking about doing a Raymond Chandler story, as much as it's about L.A.

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 do love a dark movie.

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

I don't think I'd seen anything like 'The Killing.'

I guess what's most surprised me in most of the reviews is that they don't seem to get the noir story in the dream sequence, so they analyze it like a straight noir movie.

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 am a fan of dark movies and dark complex characters, and I love to take on a character like that.