'The Maltese Falcon' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times
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- Опубліковано 30 бер 2009
- A. O. Scott looks at John Huston's 1941 film "The Maltese Falcon" in light of recent financial scandals.
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"You gettin' this alright son or am I going to fast for ya?"
An magnificent directorial debut for screenwriter John Houston and after 80 years still a joy to watch.
watching a 11 year old youtube review of a 80 year old film
reading a one year old youtube comment on a....
@@DarthClamreading a 5 month old...
The Falcon statue itself was sold in recent years for a small fortune, this was also Sydney Greenstreet's film debut. Timeless.
A true classic. They really don't make them like this anymore.
I've read Dashiell Hammett's original story twice. This movie makes his book seem like a screenplay that he wrote just for these actors.So the casting and direction was genius. Now I have to watch it again. Great stuff.
one of the greatest of all time...
Notice that the movie's last line isn't "The stuff that dreams are made of"; it's "Huh?"
What a masterpiece,,,
Spot on. The best of the film noir genre, without question. Lorre and Greenstreet are always fabulous, just as they were in Casablanca. Great plot, twists and turrns, and you have to pay attention. The great thing about old films is they require a bit of intellect to digest them. They rely on plot, substance, dialogue, and character development. About the only special effects are lighting and guns with blanks.
It took me reading the book before I finally got the plot sorted out. (I saw it when I was about 10. Before that I was really just into monster movies and Nelson Eddy & Jeanette McDonald movies).
One of my favorites. I've watched it about 10 times.
Here in Canada the CBC showed it a lot on the late show back in the '80s.
Mr George Raft - as John Huston used to call him - declined the role as Sam Spade... He also declined the main roles in High Sierra ( Raoul Walsh ), and Casablanca ( Michael Curtiz ) ... Humphrey Bogart was eager to take the parts ! Good for Bogart, but for George Raft, it was the beginning OF the end !!!
Good for us as The Maltese Falcon with a terrible actor like Raft is a much, much lesser film.
Citizen Kane and The Maltese Falcon, both directorial debuts in 1941.
"You killed Miles, and you're going over for it."
When I first saw the movie and Spade, with the absolutely blood curding look in his eyes, uttered that line to Brigid O'Shaughnessy, my heart stopped and I was just frozen ... it was so chilling!!
AMAZON has this on DVD for about $8.00 used!
I can't add anything that others haven't already. Except that I can watch this movie over and over again.
John Huston all the way!!!!!
The actor playing the DA was also Perry White on Superman.
You can download this movie by torrent, just google it and enjoy.
Bogie had a great laugh.
A masterpiece of cinema from the 1940s
What impressed me is the way he turned her in because he stuck with the other p.i. even though he didn't like him
. . .and Spade stuck with the other P I while he was banging his wife!
"When a man's partner is murdered he's supposed to do something about it..."
Note to self: find more excuses to use "Lugubrious" in conversation.
Great casting.
This was such a fun little movie.
Hammett novel Houston director Bogart in the lead. This is what quality looks like
dammit i want to watch this but dont know where to get it
I still have it on VHS
prop joe reminds me of casper
How good it is is reinforced by how bad the first two versions were. Huston understood Hammett.
Captain Jacoby was Walter Huston, father of John Huston.
No, he was John!
@jjoejeans google it. not too long ago youtube actually had the whole movie, and i'm sure if you look it's prolly still on here.
the Stuff Dreams are made of---?? if you can catch a fire fly ??
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nyce overview
Reminds me of Chinatown.
Which, of course, featured as the villain the writer/director of this movie.
I miss when critics analyzed films instead of summarized them. People can just read a quick Wiki instead of watching this video...
I mean, it's not a review. It would be weird to analyse a movie they were trying expose new audiences to--even if it did come out in 1941.
Toxic masculinity.