The Big Sleep

(livre en anglais)

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de David Thomson

Type

Etudes

Sujet

Un Film > Le Grand Sommeil

Mots Clés

Howard Hawks, analyse, Raymond Chandler, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall

Année d'édition

1997
   > Voir l'édition plus récente (2020)

Editeur

BFI Publishing

Collection

BFI Film Classics

Langue

anglais

Taille du livre

Format

Broché • 96 pages • 11,64 €
13,5 x 18,5 cm
Egalement disponible en format eBook.

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

0-85170-632-0
978-0-85170-632-0

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Description de l'ouvrage :
This text shows how The Big Sleep signalled a change in the nature of Hollywood cinema, as the director Howard Hawks shot extra scenes, "fun" scenes, to replace the ones in which the murders are explained, and in so doing left the plot unresolved.

Description de l'ouvrage :
This is the first book-length consideration of the classic 1946 movie The Big Sleep and the first published book to compare it to the 1945 cut of the movie, which has been restored and released. David Thomson discusses the making of the film as well as the careers and romance of its stars, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. He also looks into the psyches of its director and screenwriters. Thomson beautifully describes a classic in progress, tracking "the way in which fantasizing, power plays, and maneuver affected the making of the film." Along the way, Thomson meditates about why The Big Sleep has attained its mythic status and why it continues to move him so powerfully.

Revue de Presse :
"Superb . . . by the world's greatest film critic." -- The Guardian

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