tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post6227780853011996350..comments2024-03-14T19:14:03.059-05:00Comments on Acidemic - Film: "A thousand dollar bill I was supposed to be bribed with" or "real between curtains" - John Huston and Bree Daniels--Gamblers (KLUTE, THE MALTESE FALCON)Erich Kuerstenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-71171416070410223322014-04-24T16:38:17.297-05:002014-04-24T16:38:17.297-05:00D'oh!D'oh!johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11799326880962880585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-32392560681825058012014-04-23T14:25:54.768-05:002014-04-23T14:25:54.768-05:00Whoa, thanks Johnny! Lot of good book recomendati...Whoa, thanks Johnny! Lot of good book recomendations here. Isn't Evelyn Mulray from Chinatown? Erich Kuerstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-37508280550633412322014-04-21T19:50:30.181-05:002014-04-21T19:50:30.181-05:00The Maltese Falcon is one of the best movies made ...The Maltese Falcon is one of the best movies made from a book, ever. They really compliment each other more than feel like source material and adaptation. Dashiell Hammett was so good. His writing always feels to me like it is writing itself as I read it, like if I turned the page really fast it would be blank. I like your write up here, because I never really bought the Sam falling in love with Evelyn angle, but knew it wouldn't be the same movie without the dialogue. I would love if there was a scene of the telling of The Flitcraft Incident that they had to cut for time. That is one of my favorite passages in literature, and Paul Auster ran with it in Oracle Night. When I was in San Fransisco the only time I have been there, I boosted a guy up to stand on my shoulders and do a crayon rubbing of the "On This Spot Miles Archer Was Gunned Down By Evelyn Mulwray... Plaque. I plan to do a photogravure etching plate from it when I have the chance to get access to Flatbed Press printing again. When that happens, if you want, I will send you an artist proof if you would like. Anyway, another great essay. I consider The Maltese Falcon to be the first real Modern American Novel. If you ever get the chance, read Josiah Thompson's book on private investigations. He was an ethics professor who took a sabbatical and worked as a PI intern in San Francisco. I think it's called Gumshoe. He's a JFK conspiracy guy, so he has a weird way of looking at people at their worst, and he writes about working surveillance while high. Keep up the good work. Check in on Mad Men with us again, soon. Oh, have you read Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem? Amazing book about the thin spaces between life and art and the news and post September 11 angst. Great read. johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11799326880962880585noreply@blogger.com