~Ĭlose encounters of the banlieue kind this mesmerising debut about a teenager looking to fix up his Paris estate passes up the usual angry social-realism in favour of something more celestial. Suspenseful, labyrinthine, and brilliantly cast, it is one of the most influential noirs - as well as a showcase for Bogart at his finest. It isn't violence or chases, but the way the actors look, move, speak and embody their characters.
The movie is essentially a series of conversations punctuated by brief, violent interludes. To describe the plot in a linear and logical fashion is almost impossible. It completely obliterated memories of the two perfectly fine earlier versions and created a brand-new movie icon in Bogart's cynical private detective, Sam Spade, a role that brought him a richly deserved stardom after years of toil in supporting parts. This third version of Dashiell Hammett's hard-boiled crime drama is superb cinematic entertainment. Often considered the first film noir, Huston's mostly straightforward visual approach renders it an instance of early noir more in its hardboiled attitude than in the chiaroscuro style common to other film noirs, with its collection of colourfully played venal characters. ~Īs well as having the greatest MacGuffin of all time, a dark, steely performance from Bogart is at the cynical heart of John Huston’s adaptation of the classic detective novel. One of the two best films Humphrey Bogart made (the other is The Big Sleep), this landmark crime flick is 80 years old and re-released with not a single frame superfluous or poorly aged.
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