Is there a movie that more relies on dialogue than this one? Usually in visual media it's "show, don't tell". Here, it's "tell, don't show".
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Réponse de DanDare
le 9 mai 2017 à 19h52
I do not know. The lines were hard boiled but also described things in a way that undercut censorship laws.
Wasn't there a line by Bogart that implied Lorre's character was gay. Something like I smelled you the moment you walked into the room.
Réponse de tmdb65271336
le 9 mai 2017 à 20h07
I freaking love this movie. More than Casablanca or The Big Sleep. Every performance is incredible, the visuals are spectacular, and the dialogue crackles. I really, really, really need to re-buy this on Blu-ray.
And I don't know about the perfume quote, but while looking for it I did pull up a clip of "When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I1Vh-Ru1z0
Damn, what a movie! For instance, look at the way they paint with the light from the lampshade to Lorre's left; it gives him a wonderfully sinister tint without resorting to an obvious spotlight which was common for that period.
Réponse de tmdb53400018
le 9 mai 2017 à 22h05
Spoiler below
Oh, yes. The skillful use of light and shadow was an important element in noir. I think I read somewhere that the production designer (or probably, art director) used blinds in O'Shaughnessy's place to suggest that she was headed to jail?
Réponse de tmdb65271336
le 9 mai 2017 à 22h12
I love that!
Réponse de tmdb53400018
le 10 mai 2017 à 18h19
This thread sure did move off-topic, didn't it? I feel like it's my fault, too.
Réponse de sukhisoo
le 18 janvier 2021 à 15h40
Bogart's "I'm dumping you" speech at the end is probably the best one on film.
Réponse de Steve
le 19 juillet 2022 à 09h29
and even better near the end the shadows of the elevator door on her face suggesting her decent to hell. Redone perfectly in The Grifters to Huston's daughter.