The Maltese Falcon
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English - April 04, 2011 04:23 - 47 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsTV & Film television movies dvd commentary commentaries blu ray film cinema firefly Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Join me as I watch Humphrey Bogart take on Sidney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre—not to mention that duplicitous whore Mary Astor—in John Huston's version of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon. I compare it to the book a little (it's nearly identical) and the 1931 version (it's way better), as well as Citizen Kane and later films noir and hard-boiled detective films.
I complain about Astor's performance (and general non-sexiness, if you ask me) and about the somewhat repetitive talkiness of the film, but I really do love it. I just can't quite call it "nearly perfect". I take it apart and examine the pieces, particularly the character motivations and directorial style and explain what an "automatic revolver" is.