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The Big Sleep
Taschenbuch von David Thomson
Sprache: Englisch

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The Big Sleep: Marlowe and Vivian practising kissing; General Sternwood shivering in a hothouse full of orchids; a screenplay, co-written by Faulkner, famously mysterious and difficult to solve. Released in 1946, Howard Hawks' adaptation of Raymond Chandler reunited Bogart and Bacall and gave them two of their most famous roles. The mercurial but ever-manipulative Hawks dredged humour and happiness out of film noir. 'Give him a story about more murders than anyone can keep up with, or explain,' David Thomson writes in his compelling study of the film, 'and somehow he made a paradise.'

When it was first shown to a military audience The Big Sleep was coldly received. So, as Thomson reveals, Hawks shot extra scenes, 'fun' scenes, to replace one in which the film's murders had been explained, and in so doing left the plot unresolved. Thomson argues that, if this was accidental, it also signalled a change in the nature of Hollywood cinema: 'The Big Sleep inaugurates a post-modern, camp, satirical view of movies being about other movies that extends to the New Wave and Pulp Fiction.'
The Big Sleep: Marlowe and Vivian practising kissing; General Sternwood shivering in a hothouse full of orchids; a screenplay, co-written by Faulkner, famously mysterious and difficult to solve. Released in 1946, Howard Hawks' adaptation of Raymond Chandler reunited Bogart and Bacall and gave them two of their most famous roles. The mercurial but ever-manipulative Hawks dredged humour and happiness out of film noir. 'Give him a story about more murders than anyone can keep up with, or explain,' David Thomson writes in his compelling study of the film, 'and somehow he made a paradise.'

When it was first shown to a military audience The Big Sleep was coldly received. So, as Thomson reveals, Hawks shot extra scenes, 'fun' scenes, to replace one in which the film's murders had been explained, and in so doing left the plot unresolved. Thomson argues that, if this was accidental, it also signalled a change in the nature of Hollywood cinema: 'The Big Sleep inaugurates a post-modern, camp, satirical view of movies being about other movies that extends to the New Wave and Pulp Fiction.'
Über den Autor
David Thomson is a film critic and historian based in the United States. He is the author of books including The New Biographical Dictionary of Film (6th edition, 2014), and a regular contributor to The New York Times, The New Republic, Movieline, Film Comment and Salon.
Zusammenfassung
David Thomson is a well-known and widely published film critic, author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword to the 2020 Edition
Acknowledgements
The Big Sleep
Notes
Credits
Bibliography
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781839021596
ISBN-10: 1839021594
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Thomson, David
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 189 x 137 x 7 mm
Von/Mit: David Thomson
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.11.2020
Gewicht: 0,131 kg
Artikel-ID: 118416671
Über den Autor
David Thomson is a film critic and historian based in the United States. He is the author of books including The New Biographical Dictionary of Film (6th edition, 2014), and a regular contributor to The New York Times, The New Republic, Movieline, Film Comment and Salon.
Zusammenfassung
David Thomson is a well-known and widely published film critic, author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword to the 2020 Edition
Acknowledgements
The Big Sleep
Notes
Credits
Bibliography
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781839021596
ISBN-10: 1839021594
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Thomson, David
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 189 x 137 x 7 mm
Von/Mit: David Thomson
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.11.2020
Gewicht: 0,131 kg
Artikel-ID: 118416671
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