The Maltese Falcon

impressive silent movie queen, but got caught up in the corruption of success. Billy Wilder’s award winning film of the year 1950, Sunset Boulevard, portrays the theme of corruption of fame. Sunset Boulevard, compared to the films Chinatown and The Maltese Falcon, establishes a greater essence of film noir through the use of black and…

mysteries, the stories she was most famous for. Characters that everyone knew and loved in that generation were Miss M, and Poiret (How Christie Wrote). Other stories and plays she wrote were Witness for the Prosecution, The Mousetrap and The Maltese Falcon (Gale Contextual Encyclopedia). Due to Christie having dysgraphia, and probably not knowing, it was so hard to write stories because she wrote all of her stories by hand. Even though she had dysgraphia, she still wrote all of her stories…

The Maltese Falcon (1941) was directed by John Huston and is one of the most famous movies within the Noir-genre. It is often referred to as the pioneering catalyst of Film Noir. It was also John Hustons directing-debut and one of the movies that helped Humphrey…

Film Noir is also recognized for its prevalent and prevailing themes. In particular this refers to the narrative and the setting that creates the tone and mood. The setting in Film Noir was influenced by the corruption of the War and the aftermath. The storyline surrounds the male protagonist, who is depressed due to his horrible past and meets the femme fatale, who is undeniably sexy. This causes a turning point in his life. The negativity mood that influenced these narrative conventions come…

In the year 1941, the year The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, USA, 1941) came forth, is the beginning of the film noir current. For nine years, USA has been the leading country in the production of this genre. In 1949, a famous American producer, David O. Selznick, the creator of Gone With the Wind (Victor Fleming, USA, 1939), and his British counterpart, Alexander Korda combined their strengths, producing the first British film-noir, which is so significant in the history of cinema. The Third…

principles newer generations look for in film. In my journal I had explained how I sensed older films had a more in depth plot, with a direct use of emotion and sensation to which the viewer was directly drawn into. This was depicted freely in The Maltese Falcon, and was in my opinion the reason why it is considered to be a masterpiece. In comparison to this film I personally have a direct relationship with the James Bond Series, and Ian Flemings creation in 1953. With films released within a…

Blood Simple is the first movie directed by the Coen brothers. A more contemporary noir, with a knowing awareness of the origins of the genre, blood simple saw film noir get down and dirty again, and not just in the bedroom (Wood. 2014). The use of violence and crime in this neo noir film utterly correlates with the classic noir. Majority of the Coen brother’ films feature a crime that seldom goes right. Blood Simple features a jealous Saloon owner, Marty who hires a divorce detective, Visser to…

Deception is when someone lies or hides the truth and makes people believe something different. It can be a very powerful thing that can many times cause somebody to get into serious trouble. There are many reasons as to what drives someone to deceive others. It could be that they want something so badly that they are willing to do anything to achieve it, often thinking that lying will make it easier to achieve their goals. Other times it doesn’t necessarily have to be to gain money or anything…

playing. Their action can be seen as greedy. Greed destroys any hope people have for contented lives, yet they cannot give up the chase. They are driven by uncontrollable yearnings that eat away at their humanity and contaminate relationships (The Maltese Falcon Handout). A proof that the society has not morally progresses when it comes to money from the 1920’s is…

The world of crime fiction is much different from the real world. In the classical crime fiction world, characters take on specific archetypes that are central to the genre, and plot devices and storylines are repeated and revamped with each author or director that presents the story. Roles like the femme fatale, the hardboiled detective, the wandering daughter, the sap, and the “big man” or “crime boss” are repeated over and over again to the point where audiences are able to perfectly…