Country Noir Quotes

“He had been hurt doing everything he had ever done. He expected it, even wanted it. Nothing centered a man like pain. Nothing drove the irrelevant bullshit our of your mind like the taste of your own blood. Duffy always wanted to tell people who were worried about the future of their children, or about God and the order of the universe, to go out and break a rib or two. A few broken ribs threw all thoughts of children, God and the order of the universe right out the window. Nobody with broken ribs ever had free-floating anxiety, or so Duffy was convinced. It was cheaper that a psychiatrist and never so humiliating.”
― Harry Crews

“The panoramic establishing shots, often arresting in their beauty, with which country noirs frequently open, serve only as an ironic contrast to the sordid dramas that unfold.”
― Andrew Spicer, Historical Dictionary of Film Noir