"The Little Sister" by Raymond Chandler (1949)

He aspires to accomplish most given his limitations, without lamenting their injustice.

He is surrounded by cinematic characters, eager to live up to their parts, out of courage or conformism.

Objects speak to him of others and of the civilization in which he is fortunate to have secured a part.

He writes his own dialogue (in black and white), inhabits his scenes, owning none, hopes for a plot, without expecting one.