(abraham polonsky) and this is what this picture is about.ow circumstances become more and more unendurable. and yet you must endure. freddy, what have you done? (errol morris) great noir poses the question, why me? why is this happening to me? and the very dark answer that it provides. an almost unacceptable answer: for no reason. for no reason at all. buddy, you look like you're in trouble. (errol morris) noir is concerned with error, with confusions. i think i'm in a frame. don't sound like you. i don't know, all i can see is the frame. i'm going in there now and look at the picture. (errol morris) it's the noir idea. we don't know what's going on, but we do know something bad is out there controlling events. for me the great noir films are films about fall guys. a person who finds himself caught in a net. the more he struggles, the deeper and deeper he becomes entwined in nightmare. (man's thoughts) did you ever want to forget anything? did you ever want to cut away a piece of your memory? (paul arthur) "detour" is the first wave of noir