I watched this, what did I think of it?
>>220974168Important and influential, but also clunky and amateurish and extremely corny. It's completely eclipsed by later film noirs
>>220974168Little more than a filmed play, High Sierra is a far better proto noir from the same year.
>>220975217>High SierraI liked it a lot, although I preferred the Western remake of it from the same director
>>220975304You didn't mind Mayo's terrifying brownface?
>>220974168You thought it was kino and you now want to buy an awesome lighter like Bogie had.
>>220975304Love this movie.
>>220974447this is what I assumed and why I've never seen it despite being a fan of noir and neo noir. I feel like I've had my time wasted with too many classics. The Killing 1956 was the latest one, so bland. It should have been better considering it came at the end of the noir era.
>>220975614You should check out The Narrow Margin if you haven't seen it, short, fast-paced, fun noir that doesn't get enough love
>>220974168Big Sleep is way better.As Welles said “Houston is tremendously talented but he is always in a hurry to get back to playing cards. He only ever does one take, if he can help it.”
>>220974168I love that bogey calls it the maltese falcon the "dingus" throughout the entire movie.>>220976037>Big Sleep is way better.Amen. Just saw it recently and it was shitloads better than Maltese Falcon.
>>220975798I'll peep it, ty
>>220976037Lol no. Chandler is a hack, Maltese Falcon is at least coherent.
>>220976723gas all plotfags
