kind. The most obvious of these films that Chinatown followed was The Maltese Falcon. It was understandable that Chinatown was a film noir movie because there were many instances used throughout it that related to The Maltese Falcon. First of all‚ Jack Nicholson‚ the leading role in the movie‚ was a private detective by profession. He also had a partner and associates that helped him with each case. Just as in The Maltese Falcon‚ a woman asked the detective to spy on her husband. Even though the
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Pulp fiction‚ according to the Vintage Library (Media)‚ provides a ground for creative talent. The freedom provided in the pulp fiction created hardboiled detectives and science fiction genres. Pulp fiction is given credit for the evolution of literature‚ and fictional heroes found in today’s films. In the early nineteen-hundreds the American public was awash with creative writing publications known as pulp fiction. The name was coined from the cheap material that was used in the publications.
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trench coat. They head inside into the room and told Gutman‚ such a rookie gunman should be running around with these‚ he’ll end up hurting himself. Gutman laughed‚ then apologized for their last interaction and told him about the origins of the Maltese Falcon and how he hired a crew to steal it from Russian General‚ Kemidov. Gutman did not continue without pouring Spade a drink first. After Spade’s sip of the drink‚ he was dazed then tripped and kicked in the head by Wilbert‚ knocking him out. Both
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genre’s in detective fiction stories they all have one common goal which is to solve the case. However‚ the methods they use are very different from one another that does not mean they do not possess similar qualities. For instance‚ in the film The Maltese Falcon the lead detective Sam Spade is an American hardboiled detective who is rough around the edges. Spade drinks more than usual and gets into physical fights. Unlike the classic age detective Sherlock Holmes from the film A Study in Pink. Sherlock
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The Hays Code in Film Noir The Motion Picture Production Code‚ commonly known as the Hays Code‚ was adopted in March 1930‚ though it was not truly enforced until four years later in 1934. This set of rules had tremendously influenced the way Hollywood movies were made for a number of years. This code was based on the ethics and norms if that time. There were three main principals of the Hays Code. The first was no picture shall be produced that will lower the moral standard of those who see it
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Warner Brothers where he wrote such things as Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet and Sergeant York. They were both movies with huge underlying messages and were nominated for academy awards. In Treasure of the Sierra Madre the underlying message is about greed and how it can drive a man to do things he never thought possible. He is able to capture this feeling so well because he
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subjects that dealt with common underlying themes: corruption‚ deceit‚ mystery‚ etc (Sobchack‚ 271). One of the most well known and acclaimed pioneers in film noir is the movie The Maltese Falcon (John Huston‚ 1941). This film was based on a private investigator‚ Sam Spade‚ hired to investigate a case. The Maltese Falcon is now viewed as the typical film noir style movie because it contains traits and qualities of filmmaking that were adapted by film noir filmmakers. Film noir started during the
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contrast photos with intense shadow and lighting. It is a narrative representation of fictional characters‚ I believe that Film noir period can be identified between 1941-1958 beginning with the great masterpieces such as John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon and ending with Orson Welles’s Touch of Evil. What I found most fascinating about film noir is constant opposition of light and shadow‚ it’s oblique camera angles‚ and it’s disruptive compositional balance of frames and scenes‚ the way characters
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malevolent actions to gain power. In addition‚ when she travels to Hong Kong with Cairo‚ it appears that she is there to help him find the falcon. However‚ when she gets her hands on the falcon‚ she leaves Cairo in the dust and takes off with it. She is in it for herself‚ but uses Cairo to get her to where she wants to be. Then‚ when she gets to her intended target: the falcon‚ she leaves Cairo there with nothing. Chapter 20 is when the truth comes out and Spade discovers that Brigid killed Archer. It takes
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In “Weimar Cinema and After”‚ Thomas Elsaesser explains expressionism as not only the style of films created in the early 1920s‚ but as a “generic term for most of the art cinema of the Weimar Republic in Germany‚ and beyond Germany‚ echoing down film history across the periods and genres‚ turning up in the description of Universal horror films of the 1930s and film noir of the 1940s.” The influence that Elsaesser is referring to is of great importance to both film noir and horror films. This influence
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