recognition of‚ this alteration in our understanding of the world. To emphasize the existentialist attitude in film noir‚ various stylistic and thematic techniques are used. Common techniques or characteristics of film noir that we see in both The Maltese Falcon and The Killers include: unconventional or non-classical narrative patterns‚ opposition of light and shadow‚ disorientation of the viewer‚ incoherent plot lines‚ inversion of traditional values and its corresponding moral ambivalence‚ non-chronological
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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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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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against it. A good man would be oriented toward helping others and his community. He would be mostly free from sin‚ yet Sam Spade is guilty of four out of the seven deadly sins‚ and as evidence I offer up his actions contained within the film The Maltese Falcon. Within the first few scenes of the film Spade’s character is revealed as a womanizer. He has had affairs with both his secretary and his partner Miles Archer’s wife. Throughout the film Spade also develops an affair with Brigid O’Shaughnessy
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it is now understood that film noir is more of a narrative and stylistic tendency and ultimately “a critical category” rather than a genre in itself. The movement is generally considered to have started in 1941 with the release of Huston’s The Maltese Falcon which is considered to have established many of the conventions of the film noir movement. Film Noir‚ as a movement is generally characterised
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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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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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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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