With 'Brick' there was the Dashiell Hammett influence, and with 'Brothers Bloom' there was a really strong Fellini influence - both those movies wore that on their sleeve.
“Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.”
“If America is too arrogant, too prideful to repent, it's not the kind of country that God wants it to be.”