You don't choose it so much as get chosen,
and once you accept the fact that you're not fit for anything else,
you have to be prepared to walk a long, hard road for the rest of your days.
- Paul Auster.
Credits:
Books:
Books to Die For (2012); Double Indemnity (1944); Farewell, My Lovely (1940); Five Murders (1944); Five Sinister Characters (1945); Goldfish (1981); Great Law and Order Stories (1990); Hard-Boiled Detectives (1953); I’ll Be Waiting (2020); Killer in the Rain (1964); Los Angeles Noir 2 (2010); Mandarin's Jade (1937); No Crimes In The Mountains (1941); Only to Sleep (2018); Pearls are a Nuisance (1958); Perchance to Dream (1991); Pickup on Noon Street (1952); Playback (1958); Poodle Springs (1989); Pulp Fiction - The Dames (2008); Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996); Red Wind (1946); Selected Letters (1981); Smart-Aleck Kill (1953); Spanish Blood (1946); The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000); The Big Sleep (1939); The Black-Eyed Blonde (2014); The Blue Dahlia (1976); The Curtain (1936); The Finger Man (1947); The Goodbye Coast (2022); The High Window (1942); The Lady in the Lake (1943); The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror (1992); The Little Sister (1949); The Long Goodbye (1953); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004); The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories (1988); The Man Who Liked Dogs (1996); The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler (1976); The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories (1996); The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000); The Second Murderer (2023); The Simple Art of Murder (1950); The Smell of Fear (1965); The World of Raymond Chandler (2014); Trouble is My Business (1950); Try The Girl (1937); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018); Writing Los Angeles (2002).
Movies and television:
77 Sunset Strip (1958); And Now Tomorrow (1944); Aspetterò (1978); Cineficción Radio (2021); Climax! (1954); Danger (1953); Double Indemnity (1944 / 1973); Fallen Angels (1993–1995); Farewell, My Lovely (1975); Ian Fleming and Raymond Chandler (2006); Ich werde warten (1982); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949); Lady in the Lake (1946); Los 10 magníficos (2008); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Marlowe (1969 / 2007 / 2022); Mike Case in: The Big Kiss Off (2013); Morning Patrol (1987); Murder, My Sweet (1944); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1951); Omnibus (1969); Once You Meet a Stranger (1996); Philip Marlowe (1959–1960); Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986); Poodle Springs (1998); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Smart Philip (2003); Storyboard (1961); Strangers on a Train (1951); Studio One (1951–1953); The Big Sleep (1946 / 1978); The Blue Dahlia (1946); The Brasher Doubloon (1947); The Falcon Takes Over (1942); The Great Detectives (1999); The Long Goodbye (1973 / 2014); The Long Goodbye: Tom Williams on Raymond Chandler (2013); The Unseen (1945); Time to Kill (1942); Triple Feature (2016); TV de Vanguarda (1957).
Credits:
A Heart in Pawn (1919); A Tale of Two Cities (1917); A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio (1920); A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920); Afraid to Love (1927); Alice Adams (1923); American Methods (1917); Are Parents People? (1925); Barbara Frietchie (1924); Beau Revel (1921); Bill Peter's Kid (1916); Borrowed Husbands (1924); Chinatown Nights (1929); Christine of the Hungry Heart (1924); Conquering the Woman (1922); Curfew at Simpton Center (1916); Doomsday (1928); Dusk to Dawn (1922); Grounds for Divorce (1925); Hail the Woman (1921); Hashimura Togo (1917); Honeymoon Hate (1927); Husbands and Lovers (1924); Lying Lips (1921); Main Street (1923); Marry Me (1925); Old Wives for New (1918); One Woman to Another (1927); Poor Relations (1919); Real Adventure (1922); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 19 (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 2 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 11 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 2 (1922); Sea Horses (1926); Skin Deep (1922); Souls for Sale (1923); The Bravest Way (1918); The Cook of Canyon Camp (1917); The Countess Charming (1917); The Eagle of the Sea (1926); The Enchanted Hill (1926); The Family Honor (1920); The Girl of Gold (1925); The Grand Duchess and the Waiter (1926); The Hidden Pearls (1918); The Honor of His House (1918); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Intrigue (1916); The Jack-Knife Man (1920); The Magnificent Flirt (1928); The Marriage Circle (1924); The Mirage (1924); The Other Half (1919); The Patriot (1928); The Popular Sin (1926); The Secret Game (1917); The Trouble with Wives (1925); The Virginian (1923); The White Man's Law (1918); The Widow's Might (1918); The World at Her Feet (1927); The Yellow Girl (1916); Till I Come Back to You (1918); Welcome Stranger (1924); Woman, Wake Up (1922); You Never Know Women (1926).
Credits:
1925 Studio Tour (1925); A Kiss in the Dark (1925); A Single Man (1929); A Thief in Paradise (1925); A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944); Adam and Evil (1927); Appointment for Love (1941); Beau Broadway (1928); Between Us Girls (1942); Body and Soul (1927); Boston Blackie / Front Page Detective (1951); By Appointment Only (1933); Calling Dr. Kildare (1939); Camille (1926); Convicted (1931); Criminal Lawyer (1937); Don't Marry for Money (1923); Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943); Dream of Love (1928); Earthbound (1920); Happy Land (1943); His Hour (1924); Hollywood Guests at San Simeon (Hearst Castle); (1931); In the Palace of the King (1923); Jane Eyre (1934); John Meade's Woman (1937); Laura (1944); Life in Hollywood No. 4 / 7 (1927); Love Past Thirty (1934); Man-Proof (1938); Married Flirts (1924); Murder at Midnight (1931); My American Wife (1922); Name the Man! (1924); Night Parade (1929); Nothing Sacred (1937); Oath-Bound (1922); Once to Every Bachelor (1934); One Year to Live (1925); Piccadilly Jim (1936); Police Court (1932); Prince of Diamonds (1930); Puttin' on the Ritz (1930); Screen Snapshots No. 2 (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 18 (1930); She's No Lady (1937); Should a Girl Marry? (1939); Show People (1928); Since You Went Away (1944); Soldiers and Women (1930); Sons of Steel (1934); Soul Mates (1925); Souls for Sale (1923); Stolen Moments (1920); Subway Express (1931); Tea for Three (1927); Telephone Time (1956); Thanks for Listening (1937); The Age of Consent (1932); The Baby Cyclone (1928); The Bride's Bereavement; or, the Snake in the Grass (1932); The Christian (1923); The Cost (1920); The Five O'Clock Girl (1928); The Great Deception (1926); The Hardys Ride High (1939); The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937); The Mystic (1925); The Night of Nights (1939); The Phantom of Crestwood (1932); The Sport of Kings (1920); The Strangers' Banquet (1922); The Tiger's Claw (1923); The Unguarded Hour (1936); The Wife of the Centaur (1924); The Wilderness Woman (1926); The Women (1939); The Youngest Profession (1943); They Died with Their Boots On (1941); Three Weeks (1924); Tin Gods (1926); Too Hot to Handle (1938); True As Steel (1924); Vanessa, Her Love Story (1935); Wall Street (1929); Wanted! Jane Turner (1936); Wickedness Preferred (1928); Wife vs. Secretary (1936); Wildfire (1925).
Credits:
A Chairy Tale (1957); Around Is Around (1953); Begone Dull Care (1950); Challenge: Science Against Cancer (1950); Family Tree (1950); Fine Feathers (1968); Les femmes parmi nous (1961); Lines: Horizontal (1962); Lines: Vertical (1960); Mosaic (1966); Mr. Frog Went A-Courting (1974); Now Is the Time (1951); O Canada (1952); One Little Indian (1954); Paradise Lost (1970); Physical Regions of Canada (1954); Putting It Straight (1957); River with a Problem (1961); Rythmetic (1956); Short and Suite (1959); Sing a Little (1951); Story of a Violin (1947); The Blackbird (1958); The Colour of Life (1955); The Embryonic Development of Fish (1961); The Fight: Science Against Cancer (1950); The Hoarder (1969); The Impossible Map (1947); The Lion and the Mouse (1976); The Maple Leaf (1955); The Outlaw Within (1951); The Spruce Bog: An Essay in Ecology (1957); The Story of Christmas (1973); The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse (1980).
Credits:
12 Parsecs (2024); 12h45 (2014); 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2006); 18th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (2013); 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013); 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000); 2006 Independent Spirit Awards (2006); 2008 Film Independent's Spirit Awards (2008); 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2010); 25th Hour (2002); 55th BFI London Film Festival (2011); 60 Minutes/ Segment: Philip Seymour Hoffman (2006); A Child's Garden of Poetry (2011); A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' (2003); A Journey to 'Cold Mountain' (2003); A Late Quartet (2012); A Most Wanted Man (2014); A World for Inclusion (2008); Actors Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2016); AFI Life Achievement Award (2010); Aimee Mann: Save Me (1999); All Access: The Making of 'Almost Famous' (2000); Almost Famous (2000); Along Came Polly (2004); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Anita Liberty (1997); Arthur (2009); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2016–2021); Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007); Biennale Channel (2009); Billy Beane: Re-Inventing the Game (2012); Blossoms & Blood (2003); Boogie Nights (1997); Buscando a Penélope (2009); Candlesticks (2011); Cannes Film Festival (2002); Capote (2005); CBS Mornings (2005 / 2012); Celebrity Page (2017–2018); Charlie Rose (2000–2008); Charlie Wilson's War (2007); Chelsea Lately (2013); Cinema 3 (2008–2014); Cinetipp (2009); Cold Mountain (2003); Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood (2007); Corazón de... (2006); Culture (1997); Der Kabel 1 Kinotipp (2009); Dianne Crittenden on 'the Thin Red Line' (2010); Días de cine (2014); Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made (2008); Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet (2013); Discovering Film (2015); Doubt (2008); Doubt: Stage to Screen (2009); Doubt: The Cast of Doubt (2009); Eagle vs Shark (2007); Empire Falls (2005); Entertainment Tonight (2008 / 2014); E-penser (2024); Feed Me (2013); Film '06 (2006); Film Önü / Arkasi (2019–2020); Film Trix 2004 (2004); Flat (2005); Flawless (1999); God's Pocket (2014); Happiness (1998); Happyish (2015); Hard Eight (1996); HBO First Look (2007); Henry's Film Corner (2005); Hollywood Insider (2021–2022); HypaSpace (2006); I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009); Inside Edition (2014); Inside the Actors Studio (2000); Inside the IMF (2006); Inside 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' (2000); Jack Goes Boating (2010); Jambareeqi Reviews (2014); Joey Breaker (1993); Kinotipp (2009); Last Party 2000 (2001); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2003–2005); Late Show with David Letterman (2006); Law & Order (1991); Le Vortex (2022); Leap of Faith (1992); Liberty! The American Revolution (1997); Live from E! (2013); Live from Studio Five (2010); Live with Kelly and Mark (2005); Louie (2014); Love Liza (2002); Made Here (2010); Magnolia (1999); Making Capote: Concept to Script (2006); Mary and Max (2009); Michael Penn: Try (1997); Miradas 2 (2006); Mission Action: Inside the Action Unit (2006); Mission: Impossible III (2006); Mission: Metamorphosis (2006); Money for Nothing (1993); Moneyball (2011); Moneyball: Drafting the Team (2012); Moneyball: Playing the Game (2012); Montana (1998); Moving Pictures Live! (2010); MTVU Woodie Awards 2005 (2005); My Boyfriend's Back (1993); My New Gun (1992); Name That Film (2017); Next Stop Wonderland (1998); Nobody's Fool (1994); Once Upon a Time in Utah, Sundance (2003); One Armed Man (2014); Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008); Owning Mahowny (2003); Patch Adams (1998); Penélope, camino a los Oscar (2007); Possession(s) (2009); Punch-Drunk Love (2002); Red Carpet Diary (2011); Red Dragon (2002); Red Dragon: Burning Wheelchair (2003); Red Dragon: Visual Effects (2003); Reel Pieces with Annette Insdorf (2006); Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' (2000); Rencontres de cinéma (2009–2014); Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre (2010); Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018); Salinger (2013); Scent of a Woman (1992); Scoring 'Doubt' (2009); Scoring the Mission (2006); ScreenSlam (2014); Sendung ohne Namen (2002); Shootout (2005); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Spike Lee's '25th Hour': The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (2003); Starring Austin Pendleton (2016); State and Main (2000); State and Main: Behind the Scenes (2001); State and Main: Cast and Crew Interviews (2001); Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman (2015); Strangers with Candy (2005); Surviving the Game - Making the Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013); Synecdoche, New York (2008); Szuler (1992); Tavis Smiley (2004–2010); That Moment: Magnolia Diary (2000); The 11th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2006); The 17th Annual Gotham Awards (2007); The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards (2009); The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards (2014); The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2005); The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2015); The 54th Annual Tony Awards (2000); The 57th Annual Tony Awards (2003); The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2006 (2006); The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007); The 66th Annual Tony Awards (2012); The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards (2014); The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006); The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009); The Big Lebowski (1998); The Boat That Rocked (2009); The Boys (2009); The Culture Show (2006); The Daily Show (2003–2008); The Directors (2001); The EE British Academy Film Awards (2014); The Fifteen Minute Hamlet (1995); The Frame (2013); The Getaway (1994); The Hour (2010); The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013); The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014); The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015); The Hunger Games: The Phenomenon (2015); The Ides of March (2011); The Instant Talk Show (2005); The Invention of Lying (2009); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998 / 2003); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2010); The Making of 'A Most Wanted Man' (2015); The Making of 'Charlie Wilson's War' (2008); The Making of the Mission (2006); The Master (2012); The Master: Deleted Scenes - Back Beyond (2013); The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2015); The Ninth Annual Diversity Awards (2001); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2006); The Oscars (2013 / 2014); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (2000); The Savages (2007); The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2006); The WIN Awards (2005); The Yearling (1994); Today (2005); Too Young to Die (2012); Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole (1991); Truman Capote: Answered Prayers (2006); Turner Classic Movies Remembers 2014 (2014); Twister (1996); Unite for Japan (2011); Updating Death (2017); Visualizing the Mission (2006); When a Man Loves a Woman (1994).
directed and written by Greg McLean,
was released in Australia on July 23, 2005.
Inspired by the true Australian cases of Ivan
Milat (1996) and Bradley Murdoch (2001).
Music by Frank Tétaz.
directed and written by Bobby Kennedy III,
was released in the United States on July 23,
2021.
Music by Wayne Kramer.