BackThe Big Sleep
(book in English)
- Type
- Studies
- Subject
- One Film > The Big Sleep
- Howard Hawks, analyse, Raymond Chandler, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
- Publishing Date
- 1997
> See the newer edition (2020) - Publisher
- BFI Publishing
- Collection
- BFI Film Classics
- Language
- English
Relative size
- Physical desc.
- Paperback • 96 pages • 11,64 €
5 ¼ x 7 ¼ inches (13.5 x 18.5 cm)
Also available as an eBook. - ISBN-10
ISBN-13 - 0-85170-632-0
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Book Presentation:
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.
Book Presentation:
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.
Press Reviews:
"Superb . . . by the world's greatest film critic." -- The Guardian
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