Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuAn appreciation and the story of the "making of" THE MALTESE FALCON.An appreciation and the story of the "making of" THE MALTESE FALCON.An appreciation and the story of the "making of" THE MALTESE FALCON.
Fotos
Lincoln Hurst
- Self
- (as Lincoln D. Hurst)
Stephen D. Youngkin
- Self
- (as Stephen Youngkin)
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesThis documentary is included in Warner Home Video's 2006 release of The Maltese Falcon Three-Disc Special Edition.
- VerbindungenFeatures Die Spur des Falken (1941)
Ausgewählte Rezension
The birth of noir and rise of a star
This 32-minute short on the background of "The Maltese Falcon" is a cut above the usual of such documentaries. A host of film critics, actors, writers and historians discuss the history of the story on film. Dashiell Hammett's granddaughter, Julie Rivett, gives good history on the famous author. He worked as a Pinkerton Detective in Baltimore, and learned much of the trade that would become fodder for his subsequent mystery novels.
Hammett was stricken with tuberculosis at an early age, and had several bouts with TB. He had to quit work and received some support, and that's when he began to write. His early writing was carried in the Black Mask, a pulp crime fiction magazine of the early and mid-20th century. It was in San Francisco after 1926, that he wrote his first three blockbuster mystery novels - "Red Harvest," "The Dane Curse," and "The Maltese Falcon."
Of the enduring Falcon, Rivett says, "the story is compelling and told brilliantly." Joe Gores is a mystery writer himself, and wrote the 1975 novel, "Hammett," which was made into a movie. He says of Hammett, "He wrote about what he knew. He was not a writer trying to learn about detectives. He was a detective trying to figure out how to write."
Others in this documentary say that "The Maltese Falcon" is the first great detective story. And, although a couple of earlier films had parts of noir, John Huston ushered in film noir with this film. Huston wrote the screenplay, staying true to the book and its characters, and this film was his directorial debut.
Eddie Muller, author of "Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir," says, "I think Hammett's big contribution was writing speech the way it was actually spoken. Before Hammett, detective fiction was all very elitist, upper crust. It was game-playing nonsense, you know." Gores adds, "As Chandler (writer Raymond) said, Hammett took murder out of the drawing room and dumped it in the alley where it belonged."
Author Michael Druxman says that Humphrey Bogart's climb to stardom was boosted more by George Raft than anyone else. It was leads in early key films that Raft turned down, in which Bogart starred.
A hot of other actors, writers, directors and film critics and historians contribute in this film. Among them are Peter Bogdanovisch, Larry Cohen, Rudy Behlmer, Michael Druxman and James Cromwell. Most notable of these are "High Sierra," "The Maltese Falcon," and "Casablanca."
This is an interesting and entertaining look behind the making of the first full-fledged film noir and its makers and stars.
Hammett was stricken with tuberculosis at an early age, and had several bouts with TB. He had to quit work and received some support, and that's when he began to write. His early writing was carried in the Black Mask, a pulp crime fiction magazine of the early and mid-20th century. It was in San Francisco after 1926, that he wrote his first three blockbuster mystery novels - "Red Harvest," "The Dane Curse," and "The Maltese Falcon."
Of the enduring Falcon, Rivett says, "the story is compelling and told brilliantly." Joe Gores is a mystery writer himself, and wrote the 1975 novel, "Hammett," which was made into a movie. He says of Hammett, "He wrote about what he knew. He was not a writer trying to learn about detectives. He was a detective trying to figure out how to write."
Others in this documentary say that "The Maltese Falcon" is the first great detective story. And, although a couple of earlier films had parts of noir, John Huston ushered in film noir with this film. Huston wrote the screenplay, staying true to the book and its characters, and this film was his directorial debut.
Eddie Muller, author of "Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir," says, "I think Hammett's big contribution was writing speech the way it was actually spoken. Before Hammett, detective fiction was all very elitist, upper crust. It was game-playing nonsense, you know." Gores adds, "As Chandler (writer Raymond) said, Hammett took murder out of the drawing room and dumped it in the alley where it belonged."
Author Michael Druxman says that Humphrey Bogart's climb to stardom was boosted more by George Raft than anyone else. It was leads in early key films that Raft turned down, in which Bogart starred.
A hot of other actors, writers, directors and film critics and historians contribute in this film. Among them are Peter Bogdanovisch, Larry Cohen, Rudy Behlmer, Michael Druxman and James Cromwell. Most notable of these are "High Sierra," "The Maltese Falcon," and "Casablanca."
This is an interesting and entertaining look behind the making of the first full-fledged film noir and its makers and stars.
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- SimonJack
- 30. Mai 2018
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- 25.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Laufzeit32 Minuten
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