Few films have had the impact or retained the popularity of The Maltese Falcon. An unexpected hit upon its release in 1941, it helped establish the careers of John Huston and Humphrey Bogart while also helping both to transform the detective genre of movies and to create film noir. This volume includes an introduction by its editor and a shot-by-shot continuity of the film, as well as essays on its production, on literary and film traditions it drew upon, and on its reputation and influence over the last half century. Included are reviews from the time of the film's original release, the enthusiastic French response in 1946 that helped define film noir, and a close formal anaylsis of the film. In addition, the volume contains a comparison of this version to earlier film versions of the Dashiell Hammett novel, and helpful explorations of cultural, historical, and psychoanalytic issues. Like Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon has attained iconic status; this volume will contribute to the pleasure its many fans find in viewing the film again and again. William Luhr is a professor of English at St. Peter's College in New Jersey. He is the author of Raymond Chandler and Film and co-author of Blake Edwards and other books.
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Pulp fiction at its best. Not a feel good ending, but the only type of ending that mix of characters could product. Both the detective and a female character in the novel provided some inspiration for two of the characters in my novel.
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Mary Astor, Sam Spade, New York, Dashiell Hammett, Miss Wonderly, Joel Cairo, John Huston, Brigid O'Shaughnessy, Miss O'Shaughnessy, San Francisco, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Satan Met, Humphrey Bogart, Floyd Thursby, Jack Warner, Bette Davis, Henry Blanke, Samuel Spade, Captain Jacoby, Elisha Cook, Walter Huston, World War, Valerie Purvis, George Raft New!
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I have based this continuity upon the 100-minute release print of The Maltese Falcon, now widely available in 16mm, videotape, and laserdisk formats. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
director edited, camera pans right, dangerous female, classical narration, stuff that dreams, detective film, falling beam, reverse angle, camera moves, detective genre, film noir Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mary Astor, Sam Spade, New York, Dashiell Hammett, Miss Wonderly, Joel Cairo, John Huston, Brigid O'Shaughnessy, Miss O'Shaughnessy, San Francisco, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Satan Met, Humphrey Bogart, Floyd Thursby, Jack Warner, Bette Davis, Henry Blanke, Samuel Spade, Captain Jacoby, Elisha Cook, Walter Huston, World War, Valerie Purvis, George Raft New!
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