That bookstore lady was such a slut!
it was like watching a scene from a porn movie.
shareEveryone was a slut, falling all over Marlowe like some ladies man. The taxi driver scene was really corny and silly, IMO. She helps him tail Geiger and Lundgren and she's ready to give him her phone number for a date? I think she will not last long picking up guys off the street like that. He could have been a stalker following his ex wife / girlfriend and her new lover for all she knows.
shareNot quite sure film-noirs should comprise any of your viewing schedule. You obviously have no understanding of the times. This film was released just after the war. Marlowe was a handsome detective, a suave operator and he did have that bottle of rye. There weren't many of those type of men around during the war. She became interested in him and she spent an hour or two scratching her itch. You condemn that encounter as her being a slut. You display a bit of misogyny.
shareIt's corny and dated. There is no indication that the movie is set during the war, except Eddie calling him soldier repeatedly I don't like flirtatious or fast women either. That is personal preference or conviction. You are free to have your own standards. That does not concern me, nor do my tastes concern you. I replied based on the original post about the book store clerk and was not entirely serious. There were other young men around like Joe Brody and Carel Lundgren. They were clearly not off at war and not disabled.
I know a lot about film noir and have seen all the big classics on AMC or TCM or DVDs. I read several of the books by Hammett and Chandler. It's one of my favorite genres, but this movie is one of the hokeyest and doesn't hold up well. "Murder, My Sweet" is much tougher and seedier with more memorable dialogue. I have grown tired of the Bogart noir movies I used to love. His constant tics and smoking wear thin.
So, if the detective protagonist were female and attractive in the film, it would be a given every male character would be hitting on her and that would be like any other film, but the reverse is slutty? Well, alrighty-then.
Personally, I thought having something resembling a normal gender balance in the film was refreshing. A lot of the usual male side characters were female and it didn't hurt the film a bit. Funny, that. It even reflected the reality of war-time when women were filling a lot of jobs and roles they hadn't previously had access to.
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