"The Big Sleep" (by Howard Hawks)Review

Rating: totally pig out this a great movie. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Charles Waldron Director: Howard Hawks Producer: Howard Hawks Screenplay: William Faulkner & Leigh Brackett & Jules Furthman, based on the novel by Raymond Chandler U.S. Distributor: Warner Brothers The Big Sleep, directed by Howard Hawks is a classic of the film noir genre, that is true to the novel in terms of plot and dialogue …

…possible. The use of false leads, complex dialogue, witticism, confusing storyline, chauvinistic gender roles, violence and corruption complete the story but what ties the knot is that this film uses the technique where the audience point of view is Marlowe's, instead of being guided by a voice over they must think for them selves, a convention of film noir. All in all, this is one of the classics that is truly out of its era.