Extended Reading
  • Allen 2022-02-07 14:46:25

    A thriller of the highest level

    Fast paced, well acted, tautly directed, and carefully scripted, this superb thriller, in a realistic way, develops a gut-wrenching story, depicts some memorable characters and above all represents the filmmaking of the highest level. It is so dark that you almost feel despair about the world. The...

  • Newell 2022-02-07 14:46:25

    [Film Review] Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 8.0/10

    It is pitch black, both visually and metaphorically, in Alexander Mackendrick's SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, his first American film, the former blackness is prominently reflected through director of photography James Wong Howe's cracking night-view of a bustling NYC under the sharp panchromatic hue,...

  • Roderick 2022-03-15 09:01:10

    I have always felt that orthodox film noir should be simple, like flowing water, and the characters and the environment are naturally integrated, which is a kind of emotion; and too many techniques and too refined stories are bound to break this balance.

  • Patsy 2022-03-26 09:01:13

    In those days, there were many noir films of little people who were "smart but misunderstood by cleverness". This person would be prosperous in today's China.

Sweet Smell of Success quotes

  • Lt. Harry Kello: Come back, Sidney... I wanna chastise you...

  • J.J. Hunsecker: What's this boy got that Susie likes?

    Sidney Falco: Integrity - acute, like indigestion.

    J.J. Hunsecker: What does that mean - integrity?

    Sidney Falco: A pocket fulla firecrackers - looking for a match!

    [grinning]

    Sidney Falco: It's a new wrinkle, to tell the truth... I never thought I'd make a killing on some guy's "integrity."