YOU STUPID FAT-HEAD, YOU!! - The Maltese Falcon (1941) Discussion

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[–] gnolti 14 years ago

YOU BLOATED EEEDIOT!

There, daddy, do I get a gold star?

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[–] jgroub 14 years ago

And thus the inspiration for Ren, of Ren and Stimpy. All from those few lines of dialogue.

I asked the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.

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[–] VCR 14 years ago

LMAO, just watched this movie. Loved it!

I was saving this money for a divorce if I ever got myself a husband. Annie, It's a Wonderful Life

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[–] VCR 14 years ago

Oh yeah. I got a 4 pack DVD with this, Postman Always Rings Twice, Big Sleep and Dial M for Murder.

I was saving this money for a divorce if I ever got myself a husband. Annie, It's a Wonderful Life

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[–] VCR 14 years ago

I haven't watched The Big Sleep yet.

and no, I haven't. I'm just starting to collect these movies.

I was saving this money for a divorce if I ever got myself a husband. Annie, It's a Wonderful Life

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[–] PillowRock 14 years ago

and we're supposed to believe Bogart is French!

And why not? (To quote George Sanders in All about Eve.)

We're supposed to believe that Claude Rains is French in Casablanca.

We're supposed to believe that Simone Simon is Serbian in Cat People. (Which, in turn leads to the oddity that in the sequel, Curse of the Cat People, you have a Serbian ghost singing French Christmas carols to a 6 year old American girl.)

As for The Big Sleep:
It is a movie where, even more so than in The Maltese Falcon, you have to focus on the overall mood and tone and on the characters and their dialog ...... and *not* on following all of the details of the plot. A lot of plot points (in the book), most notably virtually all of the motives for the various murders and such, had to do with things that the Production Code strictly forbade mentioning at all in American movies (things like black market pornography rings and homosexuality). Trying to invent new motives for all of them would have been unwieldy, so a lot of the "why's" are just never mentioned which makes it hard to make sense of people's behavior. (Falcon is comparatively simple: there's an extremely valuable "dingus" that everybody wants so that they can become rich.)

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[–] jtyroler 13 years ago

After all, the ancient Romans all spoke with an English accent... ;-)

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[–] doberdog 12 years ago

We're also supposed to believe that Patrick Stewart is French in "Star Trek: The Next Generation".

"Wait a minute! Why are you mad at me? He's the one who ate your father!"

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[–] VCR 14 years ago

Thanks! I'll look into them :)

I was saving this money for a divorce if I ever got myself a husband. Annie, It's a Wonderful Life

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[–] KBiker 13 years ago

Casablanca: Bogart is Rick of Rick's Cafe; Lorre is the guy who steals the all important letters of transit, around which the plot revolves; and Greenstreet plays the owner of another club who wants to buy Rick's.

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[–] Ace19444 10 years ago

How was Postman Only Rings Twice and Dial M for Murder? Wanna see em but haven't gotten around to it

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[–] The-Man-Machine 14 years ago

Heh, yeah that was pretty entertaining. I just finished watching The Maltese Falcon for the first time a couple of minutes ago. Great movie, one of the best ever! I might even consider it in my top ten list.

"When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk!" -Tuco, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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[–] harmedandderangerous 14 years ago

Yes, it's strange having him and Bogie on the screen at the same time (as they were in the flawless Casablanca) because they both compel your full attention but, of course, it's impossible to give your full attention to both of them at the same time.

And, as far as Lorre is concerned, his "courtroom" scene in M is the single most riveting and mind blowing moment of acting I've ever seen. If any of you Lorre fans haven't seen that movie, you should.

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[–] billgbg 12 years ago

I just saw this with an audience, and this line, group of lines, gets a big response from people.

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[–] masurra 12 years ago

It was such a long time since I saw this one but as I remember it my fave line was when Bogie said "you're supposed to do something when your partner gets killed." when he turns mary astor in to the police

am I remembering correctly?
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"if seagal was thinner this could have been a theatrical product."

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[–] billgbg 12 years ago

Correct, and Bogart goes on for a bit longer with the dialog that Huston wrote (along with Hammet's great characters) as he faces the camera and acts melodramatic during it.
What I think is a better sequence that works well is Spade's badgering of her for the truth right before the cops arrive. That's really some swell timing on the lines, and it's kept in a tight, two-shot the whole time. Very few detective movies get to that point where there's just a bit more before the finish. So the scripting here was really good. Huston wrote and co-wrote so many great films before the fifties got going, and he was mostly a director.

Then of course, Huston played a part in the other really great detective movie of all time, Chinatown, as the bad guy!

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[–] lesg2 12 years ago

Highlight of the movie, unforgettable!
Love The Oldies

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[–] nutsberryfarm 10 years ago

passionate.

We have a pool and a pond...pond be good for you.

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[–] aciolino 7 years ago

I am triggered by that line. It is upsetting that Lorre is "body-shaming" Greenstreet. I need to retreat to my safe space, every time! I wish they would re-write the scene and over-dub those offensive words!

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